Today’s Headlines
- Obama Touches Briefly on Infrastructure in Combative Campaign Season Speech (NYT, TPM)
- 33,000 People Died on American Roads in 2009, and That's Considered a Success (AP)
- Ex-Cop Who Drove Drunk, Killed Vionique Valnord Pleads Guilty, Gets 3 Months (CBS2, News, NYT)
- Why's the 2nd Ave Subway Over Budget? Utility Work and Contracting Problems (NYT)
- New York One of the Only States in the Union to Hook Legislators Up With Free Cars (Gannett)
- MTA's Service Change Posters Are Getting a Total Makeover (2nd Ave Sagas, News, NYT)
- Where the Protected Lane Ends, 8th Ave Turns Into a Cyclist's Nightmare (Guardrail)
- Mark Your Calendar: Statewide Conference on New York's Transpo Crisis, Albany, Sept. 21 (MTR)
- Housing Wouldn't Cost So Much If Density Weren't Illegal (Yglesias)
- Take It From a Real Estate Exec: "Friends Don't Let Friends Move to the Suburbs" (Warburg)
- Now on Broadway: Valet Bike Parking! (Gothamist)
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