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DA Files Charge Against Cyclist Attacked by SUV Driver in 9th Ave Bike Lane
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Fifth Ave BID, CB6 District Manager Take Aim at Park Slope Bike Lane
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Ask and Ye Shall Receive: Brooklyn CB9 Gets a Bike Lane on Empire Blvd
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Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get the Highlights
June 18, 2009LaHood Asks for 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law
June 17, 2009DA Files Charge Against Cyclist Attacked by SUV Driver in 9th Ave Bike Lane
June 23, 2009DOT Responds to Park Slope Bike Lane Uprising With Thermoplast Surge
June 23, 2009DOT Proposes Park Circle Improvements; CB 7 Approves
June 23, 2009New Yorkers Taxed (Again) for Not Owning Cars
June 26, 2009Streetcars in Seattle, Or Why America Should Mind Its Transit Gaps
June 9, 2009Memo to DOH Commish: Don’t Be Afraid to Bike, or Push for Safer Biking
June 19, 2009Less Parking, More Healthy Food
June 19, 2009Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: The Early Word
June 22, 2009
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