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9:08 AM EDT on August 6, 2009

    • Harry Reid: "Cash for Clunkers" Extension a Done Deal (NYT)
    • Traffic Cam-Hating Timothy Egan Hails Clunker Cash as Manna for "Average People" (Outposts)
    • Egan Should Watch This NY1 Story
    • New Yorkers Flooding Craigslist With Gas Guzzlers (News)
    • Straphangers Locked Out of Subway When Old MetroCards Expire (Post, City Room)
    • More Press for Free Crosstown Bus Proposal (NYT) as Bloomberg Touts Trolleys (Gothamist)
    • Eight Years On, How Does the Mayor's Transpo Record Stack Up? (MTR)
    • Investigation Continues Into Deadly Taconic Parkway Crash (NYT, News)
    • Researchers Developing Car for the Blind; Yes, Really (Wheels) 
    • Danish Gov't Promotes Pedestrian Helmets (Copenhagenize via Streetsblog.net)

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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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