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  • Obama Calls for $50B Infrastructure Investment to Create Jobs (NYT, USA Today)
  • The New Broadway Feels Broader to Pedestrians and Cyclists, But Not to the Times
  • Driver Kills 70-Year-Old Woman Walking Across 3rd Ave; Police Issue a Ticket But No Charges (News)
  • 5 Injured as Cabbie Jumps Curb and Crashes Into First Ave Coffee Shop (News, Post, Gothamist)
  • …And the Post Finds Someone Who Blames the Bike Lane
  • Felix Salmon Posits a Unified Theory of NYC Cyclist Behavior
  • Family and Friends Will Hold a Memorial for Robert Bowen, Victim of Hit-and-Run on 2nd Ave (Post)
  • Staten Island Assistant DA Caught Driving Drunk in Hell’s Kitchen (Post)
  • Paterson OKs Parking Permit System for Downtown Albany (Times Union)
  • Zombies Get Red Light Cam Tickets, and They Don’t Fly Into a Murderous Rage About It (Boing Boing)

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