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9:36 AM EDT on August 7, 2009

    • Shocker: Staten Island Not Bitching and Moaning About Car-Free Summer Street (SI Live)
    • It's All About Parking: Bx Merchants Blame Select Bus Service and Traffic Agents For Woes.
    • NYC Taxi Medallions Now Cost $766,000! (USA Today)
    • B'berg Campaign Ad Blitz Focuses on Transit. Congestion Pricing? Nope. (Mike NYC)
    • Senate Adds $2 Billion More For Clunkers. DOT Declares Success. Zilch For Transit. (NYT)
    • Bronx Pols Want Ferry Service to Manhattan (Post)
    • That's Right: "No Parking" Also Means "No Breast Feeding" (City Room)
    • NYC's Subways Were Almost Built as Moving Walkways!? (New Scientist)
    • Local Media Obsesses Over Deadly Taconic Crash (News, Post, NYT)
    • Crusty Clyde Haberman Proposes Charging Extra for Subway Cargo (NYT)
    • Should Madison's Train Station Be Downtown or on the Edge? (Planetizen)

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