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8:59 AM EDT on August 24, 2011

    • Damn Bike Lanes: Quake Jolts NYC, Delays East Coast Travel (NYT, Transpo Nation)
    • DOT Removes Fort Hamilton Parkway Pedestrian Islands (Post)
    • The Daily News: Keeping Bike Hate Alive, Now With Death Threats
    • Airport Shuttles Blamed for Park Avenue Sidewalk Congestion (DNAinfo)
    • Cap'n Transit Has Suggestions for Improving Summer Streets
    • Post-ARC, No Solid Prospects for Enhanced Cross-Hudson Transit (MTR)
    • Ben Kabak Files a Nice Piece on the Lessons of the Tappan Zee
    • All-Weather Enclosure Planned for Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 5 (Crain's)
    • Post Columnist Pontificates on the Myth of Big Oil Subsidies
    • Obama and Family Take a Ride on Martha's Vineyard (Transpo Nation)

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Brad Aaron
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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