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9:10 AM EDT on August 25, 2009

    • New TA Report: NYPD AWOL as City Drivers Break the Law Three Times a Minute (Post) 
    • ACS Under Scrutiny After Child Is Killed by SUV-Driving Foster Parent (News)
    • Times Op-Ed: No Need to Conserve, Chicken Little; There's Plenty of Oil Out There
    • Staten Island Dealers Brace for Post-Clunkers Crash (SI Advance) 
    • City Tries Out Hybrid Garbage Trucks (WNYC, Post)
    • 1 Train Service Restored to All Stations Except 181st Street (City Room)
    • "Two Sets of Books" Not the Only Questionable Claim From Candidate John Liu (News) 
    • MTA Seeks Data Fee for Mobile Phone Apps (AMNY)
    • Looking for Bike Parking Around the World (WashCycle via Streetsblog.net)
    • Cycling Medics Save Time, and Lives, in London (Daily Kos)
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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