Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:16 AM EDT on October 7, 2009
- City Rolls Out Data Apps Competition. Whither MTA? (Crain’s, Bits)
- Walder Likens Bus Lane Blockage to Parking on a Train Track (2nd Ave Sagas)
- City Data on Ped-Cyclist Crashes Incomplete, and What’s There Doesn’t Look Good (MTR)
- Grand Jury Begins Investigation of NYPD Pedestrian Killing (Bklyn Eagle)
- Post, Officials, Saw Only One Participant in Pedicab-Yellow Cab Brawl. Guess Who.
- In Many Districts, Primary Runoff Failed to Draw a Single Voter (NYT)
- Pedro Espada a Model of the American Dream, Says Pedro Espada (NY1)
- Bus Depot Fuel Spills Will Contaminate for Decades (AMNY)
- New Book Explores Why Americans Hate, and Love, Transit (Planetizen)
- It’s New York vs. Portland in Battle of the Greenest (Oregonian)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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