Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
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)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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