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Streetfilms: Tour de Bronx 2008

2:35 PM EDT on October 20, 2008

Over 4,000 riders turned out for Sunday's 14th Annual Tour de Bronx, which covered miles of beautiful scenery -- with hopes of more to come, should the Sheridan Expressway ever meet its reward (see the 2:00 mark).  Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson was there, and files this report.

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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