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9:01 AM EDT on September 30, 2009

    • U.S. DOT Distracted Driving Summit Starts This Morning: Follow It Here (Fast Lane via Streetsblog.net)
    • Comptroller, Public Advocate Primaries: Liu, De Blasio Win Handily; Voters: Yawn (NYT, NYT)
    • Bloomberg Courts Drivers With Parking Meter Tech, Ticket Amnesty, Sensitive TEAs (News, News)
    • NYPD Ped Killer Andrew Kelly Had Zero BAC Seven Hours Later; Pleads Not Guilty (NYT, News)
    • Investigators Pursue Evidence of Crime Scene Cover-Up (Post)
    • Cops to Lose Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sidewalk Parking to Ped Plaza; Cue Carmageddon Prediction (News)
    • Parking Spot Panhandling Upsets Bronx Motorists; Pedro Espada: Yawn (Post)
    • Riverdale Parents Implore DOT to Protect School Kids From Riverdale Parents (R'dale Press)
    • TWU Rallies for Raises in Midtown (Post)
    • Denmark PM Cycles Central Park, Forgoes Helmet, Marvels at Aggressive Cops (NY Mag)
    • Climate Change-Denying U.S. Chamber of Commerce Losing Members (NYT)

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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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