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8:58 AM EDT on August 1, 2013

    • Renee Thompson, 16, Killed By Turning Tractor-Truck Driver on UES; No Arrests (News)
    • Alleged Drunk Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Death of Woman Clinging to Car (Times Ledger)
    • EDC Seeking Proposals for Development of Seaport City (Crain's, CapNY, WNYC)
    • MTA Tells Maloney It's Committed to Phase 2 of Second Avenue Subway (2nd Ave Sagas)
    • MTA Now Has Less Insurance for Disasters Than It Did Before Sandy (WNYC)
    • Taxi Association Files Suit in Another Attempt to Block Taxi of Tomorrow (WSJ)
    • Observer and Next City Report on the Forum for Urban Design's Next New York Proposals
    • MetroCard "Green Fee" Has Raised Almost $11 Million Since March, Cut Number of Cards Sold (News)
    • 2nd Ave Sagas: Is The R Train Ferry to Sunset Park Viable or Necessary?
    • Urban Omnibus on Why SBS Is Not "True" Bus Rapid Transit
    • Diktator Al-Assad Launches Syrian Bike-Share Program (The Onion)

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