- Obama Softens Stance on Drilling, Wants to Tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve (NYT, Gristmill)
- Twelve City Council Members Request Investigation of NYPD's Tactics With Cyclists (Time's Up)
- NYCT Lacks the Money to Fix Up Subway Stations (Post)
- Horodniceanu: Fulton Transit Hub Will Keep 'Same Elegant Look' Despite Budget Crunch (News)
- Straphangers Campaign, Working Families Party Re-Open 'Halt the Hike' Website (News)
- 'Jimmy Justice' Aims Digicam at Scofflaw Cops, But Mostly Catches Traffic Agents (Huff Post)
- NJ Attorney General Caught Speeding (AP)
- Could Streetcars Return to Hartford? (Courant)
- Beijing's Curbs on Traffic, Pollution Pique Interest of Atmospheric Scientists (AP)
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