- McCain Lays Out Energy Plan, Calls for Offshore Drilling (Boston Globe)
- Blumenauer: Obama Meeting Was 'Coming of Age Moment' for Bike Advocates (Bike Portland)
- Assembly Dems to Push for Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies (Newsday)
- Short on Funds, MTA Expects Not to Go Forward With Service Enhancements (News)
- News: Sander's Raise Shows MTA Is 'Tone-Deaf'
- New York Metro Area Has America's Worst Traffic Bottlenecks (NY1, Newsday)
- NYPD Plans Ticket Blitz on Illegal Parking and Fake Placards Today (Post)
- 'South Bronx Initiative' to Add Bus Service and Invest in Commercial Districts (News, Sun, Post)
- Drivers Spurning Premium Grade Gas in Favor of Regular (NYT)
- A Useful Wayfinding Poster You'll Never See in the Subway (2nd Ave Sagas)
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