Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on August 3, 2009
- In Senate Debate Over “Cash for Clunkers,” McCain’s Talking Sense, Schumer’s Not (News, CBS2)
- Hit and Run Drivers Kill Two Pedestrians in Separate Incidents (NYT)
- Livery Driver Plows Into Queens Street Fair, Injuring 13 (News, Post)
- DOT Commish Gives a 12-Minute Interview to CBS2‘s Marcia Kramer
- What One Bronx Woman Wants for Her Play Street: More Car-Free Hours, Fewer NYPD Towers (NYT)
- The Times and the Post Bring Us a Pair of Stories on Parking Enforcement
- Shocker: Dealers and Buyers Have Good Things to Say About Cash for Clunkers (NYT, News)
- Seattle’s New Light Rail Line Opens After a Very Long Gestation Period (NYT)
- MTA Confirms It Will Split Congestion-Plagued B61 Into Two Routes Next Year (Brooklyn Paper)
- Zipcar’s Promos Are Killing Its Livable Streets Cred (PSFK via NYFI)
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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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