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Today’s Headlines

9:01 AM EDT on September 4, 2008

    • DOT Plans to Go Ahead With Eighth Ave Bike Lane (Villager
    • MTA Tests Subway Digital Message Boards (2nd Ave Sagas
    • Bus Drivers Prone to Assault From Fare-Evaders (News
    • Zero Tolerance for Cellphone Use on NJ Commuter Buses (NYT)
    • Port Authority Says Truck Driver Used Vanishing Plate to Evade Tolls (News
    • Cycling Booming Around the World, Except Where It Isn't (WaPo)
    • Chinese Move on High-Speed Rail, Bus Rapid Transit (TRE, China BRT)
    • McCain Ad Casts Obama as Friend of Big Oil ... (Radar
    • ... as Palin Woos RNC With Calls for More Drilling (Grist
    • Manhattan-Size Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada (AP)

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