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By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EDT on September 22, 2009

Census: Fewer Americans Driving Solo to Work (NYT)
Can Suburbs Become Better Places to Grow Old? (WSJ)
MTA to Roll Out Next-Gen Payment System on Eight City Bus Lines This Year (AMNY)
Poetic Justice: New MTA Disclosure Rules Nab State Senate Staffer in Pay-to-Play Mess (MTR)
Brooklyn CB15 Wants Double-Decker Belt Highway to JFK; Fidler: Interesting (Post)
WNYC Listeners Tell Brian Lehrer: They Want More Bike Lanes, Performance Parking
Scenes From the First Day of Hiram Monserrate‘s Assault Trial (News, Post, NYT)
Rite Aid Rig Transforms Eighth Ave Bike Lane Into Loading Zone (Gothamist)
The Problem With Small Bike-Share Pilots: Not Many People Will Ride (Rebuilding Place)
Hardly Anywhere in America Is Like Freiberg, Germany (Yglesias)

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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