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By Ben Fried

9:25 AM EDT on September 16, 2009

Bloomberg Gets in on the Jay Walder Compensation Antics, Prompting Brodsky Lecture (NYT)
In NYC, Biking to School Is Not a Crime; In Fact, Some Schools Are Into It (City Room)
Obama Admin Proposes New Fuel Efficiency Rules (NYT, Streetsblog Capitol Hill)
In Dutchess County They’re Dying to See East River Bridge Tolls (Poughkeepsie Journal)
Signs of Bike Boom Reach Westchester Towns (LoHud)
Maintenance Work on Brighton Line Suspends Express Service for South Brooklyn Nabes (Post)
TSTC to Suozzi: Put a Better Ambassador for Transit Than David Mack on the MTA Board (MTR)
Witnesses Describe Deadly Traffic Violence in Vehicular Homicide Case (News)
Will Fairfax County Planners Lay an Egg at Tysons Corner? (GGW)
Dublin Launches a Bike-Share — With Only 450 Bikes for Now (Irish Times)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.

Ben Fried

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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