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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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