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Today’s Headlines

8:49 AM EDT on September 4, 2007

    • Cycling a Priority at New DOT (NYT)
    • Fidler, Weprin Make Nice With Quinn Over Pricing Picks (City Hall News via DP)
    • Unknown Number of Cab Drivers Set to Strike (NYT, Post, AMNY)
    • Transit Strike in London (Second Ave Sagas)
    • Horrific Hit-and-Run Kills Child, Leaving Scene Charged (NYT, Post, News, Sun)
    • Pedestrian Killed in Manhattan; No Charges Filed (AMNY)
    • Bike Cop Hit by Car in Queens (Sun)
    • Officials Evaluate Brooklyn Trolley Use (Daily Eagle)
    • Yankees Drop One of Four Planned Parking Decks (Post)
    • Debate Over City's Own 'Ring of Steel' (Gotham Gazette)
    • Senate Buys New Cars for Lawmakers (Times Union via Daily Politics)
    • Feds to Spend $42 Billion on Highways, $1.4 Billion on Transit (Newton Streets)
    • LA Residents Await Light Rail Link (NYT)
    • Daily News Publisher Warns of 'Energy Emergency' (US News)
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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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