Times Square: Livable Streets Mecca, Retail Sensation

The new Times Square: May 25, 2009. Photo: Aaron Naparstek Two years after Mayor Bloomberg and NYC DOT remade Times Square, the city’s premiere public space is one of the world’s leading shopping destinations. Crain’s reports that annual rankings from international real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield place Times Square among the ten most desirable retail locations [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/09/02/times-square-livable-streets-mecca-retail-sensation/

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Power stays on top in second practice

Will Power went quickest in the IndyCar practice session around the streets of Baltimore. The Australian established himself at the top early on with a 1m22.1384s effort, and aside from a brief intervention by Newman/Haas man James Hinchcliffe, remained the benchmark for the rest of the morning.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/indycar-news/indycar/power-stays-on-top-in-second-practice/

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Revised OnStar App Allows You to Send Directions to Your Car from Your Phone

One is never alone?one is in a zone of stone?when one never leaves home without his smart telephone. One can also get a little confused, what with all of the OnStar rebranding GM?s doing. First, OnStar Add-On was renamed ?Onstar FMV? and six weeks or so ago, GM decided that OnStar MyLink didn?t offer consumers [...]

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Angie Smith Avenges '10 DNQ at Indy

NHRA 57th Annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Lucas Oil Raceway Clermont, Ind. Sun, Sep 04, 2011 After barely missing the Mac Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway last year, NHRA Full Throttle Series Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Angie...

Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/09/angie_smith_avenges_10_dn.php

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Thursday Job Market

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. We?re giving employers free listings, normally a $50 value, through the end of the summer. Looking for a job? Here are this week?s [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/09/01/thursday-job-market/

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Piranha Spotted at Laguna Seca! [Motorsports Reunion Weirdness]

One can look back at practically any decade in the history of the automobile and think, ?What a bizarre time!? Take the 1910s, with huge-displacement engines cranking out horsepower numbers similar to one of today?s hot hatches. Or the 1950s, an era of fins and chrome and chrome with fins and finned chrome with chromed [...]

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Acura Introduces 2012 TSX Special Edition, Gives It Wheels and Red Stitching

Acura has unveiled this 2012 TSX Special Edition as part of the brand’s 25th anniversary celebration. The mods are strictly cosmetic. Cars with the Special Edition package receive slight tweaks to the lower front and rear fascias, as well as unique 17-inch, five-spoke wheels. Inside, the automaker has spiced up the seats with faux suede [...]

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Teammates hardly friendly ahead of Rally Australia

The relationship between World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Loeb and closest challenger and teammate Sebastien Ogier appears strained heading into this weeks Rally Australia. Citroen driver Loeb, who has won the last seven WRC titles, leads fellow Frenchman Ogier by 25 points, with four rallies to go.

Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/teammates-hardly-friendly-ahead-of-rally-australia.html

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Afanasiev takes Auto GP pole

Sergei Afanasiev took pole position for Saturday's Auto GP race at Valencia in Spain for DAMS, topping a thrillingly-close session that was twice interrupted by red flags. After yesterday's unseasonal rainstorm that afflicted free practice, qualifying took place under blue skies

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/afanasiev-takes-auto-gp-pole/

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Newly Crowned AMA Pro SuperSport Champ Celebrates With Spectacular Race Win

AMA Pro Racing MILLVILLE, NJ, Sun, Sep 04, 2011 06:10 PM Photos by Brian J Nelson After clinching two AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport titles yesterday, James Rispoli put on a huge show for New Jersey Motorsports Park fans today, claiming...

Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/09/newly_crowned_ama_pro_sup.php

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