- MTA Prepares Plan for Service Cuts in Case Budget Woes Persist (NYT, Metro)
- Elmhurst Hospital Identifies Queens' Most Dangerous Streets (News)
- Man Killed While Trying to Cross BQE (Gothamist)
- Portland Tops List of Sustainable Cities; NYC #4 (Dot Earth)
- State Subpoenas Data on LIRR Disability Claims (NYT, News, AP)
- Shuttered Garage Keeps Doing Business, Stores Cars on the Street (NYT)
- 2008: Year of the Parking Space? (City Room)
- Finance Committee of MTA Board Votes to Toll NYPD, FDNY (Post)
- More on Spike in Fuel Costs for MTA Buses (NY1)
- Election '08 Car Ownership Tally: McCain 13, Obama 1 (Newsweek)
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