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8:30 AM EDT on August 29, 2007

    • City Wants Accurate, Unobtrusive Pricing Equipment (Post)
    • Gas-Fueled Car Ban Proposed in England (Guardian)
    • Intense Storms Pushing Sewers to the Limit (NYT)
    • 12-Year-Old Cyclist Killed After Holding on to Truck (Post, AMNY, Daily News)
    • NYPD Officer Injured in Hit-and-Run (Sun)
    • Staten Island Buses Get Stoplight Transmitters (Daily News)
    • Report Suggests Reducing MTA Fare Dependence (Wonkster)
    • Car Booted, Placard Confiscated in Chinatown (Uncivil Servants)
    • RELATED: 5th Precinct CO Tows His Own (Streetsblog)
    • Hawaii Car Ferry Service Halted (NYT)
    • Americans Still Gaining Weight, Auto-Dependent States the Fattest (Post, AMNY)
    • So, How Do You Get to Work? (Carfree USA)
Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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