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8:59 AM EDT on August 30, 2011

    • Train Shutdown Strands Suburban Commuters; Metro-North, PATH, Amtrak Restoring Service (NYT 1, 2)
    • Thanks MTA: Trains Allay Economic Damage; NYers Happy to Have Subways Back (NYT, Post, News)
    • Nicole Gelinas Praises MTA Storm Performance, Scolds Would-Be Evacuees (Post)
    • Daily News Demands Refunds for Pre-Paid MetroCard Holders
    • Brooklyn Paper Dumps on Grand Army Plaza Bike-Ped Upgrades, Complete With Scare Quotes
    • Clear-Eyed Villager Bike Lane Editorial Puts Screeching Outlier Tabloids to Shame
    • SFPark Launches Phone App; Driver Can't Keep His Eyes Off It (NPR)
    • $30B Sarkozy Plan Will Extend Paris Metro Into Suburbs (NYT)
    • Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton: Urban Auto Dominance Is Not a Law of Nature (Autopia)

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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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