- Obama Lays Out Energy Plan (Grist)
- Gas Price Dip Expected to Mean More Holiday Driving (News)
- Cuomo Warns of Pump Bait and Switch (Post, News)
- Critical Mass Marks Four Years of NYPD Harassment (Metro)
- Action Needed on Closed West St. Bike Path (Downtown Express)
- MTA Will Keep Extra Outbound Battery Tunnel Lane (Bklyn Eagle)
- Molinaro, Parks Dept. Spar Over Roads Through Fresh Kills Park (SI Advance)
- Pedestrian Fatalities: Blame the Victim, Blame the Moon (Freakonomics)
- Brooklyn Man's Death Signaled by Collection of Parking Tickets (NYT)
- California Bill Would Encourage Transit Oriented Development (NYT)
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