- Opponents Spin Grant as Blow to Pricing; Silver Lays Groundwork for Future Obstructionism (NYT, City Room, Post, Daily News, Sun, Metro)
- Once Again, It's Up to the Politicians (NYT)
- Beijing Cars Ordered Off Streets for Air Quality Test (China Daily)
- Did Markowitz Torpedo Prospect Park Car Restrictions? (Daily News)
- Downtown Brooklyn Park to Include 694-Space Parking Deck (Post)
- Study: As Neighborhoods Gentrify, So Do Public Spaces (City Room)
- NYPD Ticketing Legally Parked Cars (Gothamist)
- Tractor-Trailer Hits 84-Year-Old Brooklyn Woman (Post, Daily News)
- Transit Officials on Vacation During Storm (Daily News)
- MTA Explores Text Messaging (AMNY)
- Trash Now Leaving Bronx by Rail (NYT)
- Coal Mine Disasters Reflect US Energy Policy (Salon)
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