- G8 Climate Summit Yields Few Concrete Goals to Curb Emissions (NYT)
- DOT's Bike-Share Announcement Makes a Splash (NYT, Post, Sun, News)
- In Parking Crackdown, NYPD Has Issued 1000 Summonses to Cops (Post)
- Greenwich Village, Midwood to Be Testing Grounds for Peak Rate Parking (NYT)
- City Comptroller: MTA Should Reconsider Capital Program Deferrals (Sun)
- MTA Trims $5M More From Operating Budget (News, Post)
- Letter to Albany: NYC Still Needs Congestion Pricing (NYT)
- New York Recognized as 'Bike-Friendly Community' (Metro)
- Brighton Subway Line Hailed as New York's Most Charming (Sun)
- 'Middle-Class Homeless' Living Out of Their Cars (Breitbart via Carfree USA)
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