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9:02 AM EDT on October 22, 2009

    • Walder: Let's Talk About Discount Off-Peak Subway Fares (NYT)
    • Block Party Revived on Bed-Stuy Block 11 Years After Fatal Shooting (News)
    • Vast Anti-Pedestrian Conspiracy? Another Paper Blames Jaywalkers for Unsafe Streets (Globe)
    • MTA to Try Out Bronx 4 Express Train Again (News)
    • News: Violent Retribution Has Its Place in NYC Parking Ethics 
    • Tune in to Brian Lehrer Today for a Segment on the Politics of Bike Lanes (WNYC)
    • Noisy Illegal Dirt Bikes Speed All Over Harlem Streets (Uptowner)
    • Architects Compete to Redesign NYC Sidewalk Scaffolding (Gotham Gazette)
    • DC Area Officials Want to Test Waters for VMT Fee (WaPo)
    • Austin Gets Its First Sharrows Today (A2W via Streetsblog.net)

More headlines over 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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