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  • 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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