- States Enacting 'Holidays' on Their Own (NYT)
- An Economist Speaks In Favor of Gas Tax Holiday, Sort Of (NYT)
- State Senate Votes to Suspend Gas Tax; Paterson Not on Board (Post)
- Bloomberg: Parking Placards Should Not Be Perks (News)
- Counterfeit Placards Rampant in Downtown Brooklyn (News)
- It's Official: Bike Month Is Here (Bike Snob)
- LA Times Surveys State of NYC Cycling
- 5-Year-Old Passenger in Critical Condition After Car Crash (Post)
- Bedbugs Sighted in the Subway (Post)
- Traffic Piles Up in Northern Virginia Suburbs (WaPo)
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