- Sheridan Expressway Now Even More Unnecessary (MTR)
- Texting-While-Driving Ban Has to Go Through Albany (Daily Politics)
- NYPD Developing Plan to Screen Every Vehicle Entering Manhattan (Crain's)
- Imagining Seatless Subway Cars (NYT)
- City Workers Say Bus Diesel Fumes Made Them Sick, File Suit Against GM (NY1, Metro)
- Council Member Joseph Addabbo: 'Fight the Hike' (News)
- Biden VP Pick Would Put Rail Advocate on Dem Ticket (Yglesias)
- Contrasts Between Obama and McCain on Surface Transportation (Citiwire)
- Taxpayer Dollars Fund PR Campaign for Highway Builders (Streetsblog LA)
- CNN Catches Road Raging, Anti-Cyclist Doctor on Camera
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