Today’s Headlines
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Brad Aaron
9:14 AM EDT on October 6, 2009
- Walder to Release MTA “Plan of Action” Within First 100 Days (News)
- Chances Are It Won’t Include Free Crosstown Buses (Post)
- MTA Spent $1.2M in Outside Legal Fees for TWU Arbitration (Post)
- Schumer, Gillibrand Issue Tepid Obligatory Endorsements of Bill Thompson (NY1)
- Friends Memorialize James Langergaard With Queens Blvd. Ghost Bike (News)
- Fleeing the Scene Pays for Drunken California Drivers (BikingInLA via Streetsblog.net)
- Pedicab, Yellow Cab Drivers Come to Blows in Midtown (Post)
- Dormant for Decades, 19th Century Hudson River Bridge Opens to Pedestrians (NYT)
- Boston Globe Warns of Pod People Invasion (via Planetizen)
- Jay Leno Makes Fellow Celebs, Viewers Feel Good About Driving Fast (Wheels)
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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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