- MTA Announces $61M in Budget Cuts For NYC Transit (AMNY, NY1)
- Interior Dept Authorizes Oil Drilling on Alaskan Parcel (NYT)
- Feds Deny Further Funds For Fulton Transit Hub (News)
- Underground Construction at WTC Transit Hub Shows Signs of Progress (NY1)
- New Subway Entrances Open at Columbus Circle (NY1, NYT)
- Ikea Customers Getting Preferential Treatment on Red Hook Water Taxi (Post)
- Agents to Start Enforcing Fare-Beating Fines on Select Bus Service (News)
- Auto Makers Agree to Make More Hybrid Cabs Available for NYC Taxi Fleet (NY1, City Room, Post)
- Crosstown Buses -- Pokier Than Pedestrians (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Drivers Say They Can't Drive 55, Gas Savings Be Damned (NYT)
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