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10:07 AM EST on November 13, 2008

    • Post Previews Tonight's UWS Livable Streets Blueprint Launch
    • Experts Say GM Bankruptcy Preferable to Bailout (NYT)
    • Area Job Losses Tied to Decrease in Toll Collections (City Room)
    • Gas Tax Hike Not the Answer to Transportation Woes (Grist) 
    • Oregon Gov Wants to Raise Driver Costs for $1B Transpo Package (Oregonian via Planetizen)
    • City Council Expected to Approve Bloomberg Willets Point Plan (News, NY1)
    • City Bike Racks Coming to Riverdale? (R'dale Press)
    • MTA Three Years Behind on Anti-Terror Measures (Post) 
    • Civilians Police Their Own Streets Against Speeders. NPR Thinks It's Cute.
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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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