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8:59 AM EDT on August 26, 2011

    • Irene: Emergency in NY, NJ; Street Events Canceled; Transpo Agencies Brace (NYT 1, 2; News; WNYC)
    • MTA May Shut Service Completely Beginning Saturday Night (News, Post)
    • Hit-and-Run Driver Hospitalizes 2 Women on Upper West Side; At Least One Critical (Post)
    • Chelsea Crosstown Bike Lanes Clear CB 4 Committee, Though Questions Remain (DNAinfo)
    • Brooklyn Paper to Jim Walden and NBBL: Get Over It
    • Johnson-Era C Train Cars Aren't Going Anywhere Anytime Soon (NYT)
    • Related: Essential Reading From Transportation Nation on the MTA Debt Bomb
    • NYLCV, GCA Leaders Push for Federal Transit Funding (Newsday)
    • Rahm Emanuel's Bike Program: The First 100 Days (WBEZ)
    • Survey Shows Younger Americans Driving Less (Sightline)
    • City Pays the Rent for East Villager's "Living Room on the Sidewalk" (News)

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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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