Today’s Headlines

How MTA Bus Fuel Costs Spiraled Upwards (NYT)
NYCT’s New Management System to Cover Entire Subway Network (City Room, AMNY)
More Subways or More BRT: Can NYC Have Both? (2nd Ave Sagas)
Low-Cost Buses Building Market Share in Intercity Travel (Business Week via Planetizen)
Why Bike Valet Parking Is a Great Fit for New York (City Room)
NYPD, FDNY Will Start Paying MTA Tolls; City Official Warns of ‘Ill Will’ (AP, News)
Guerrilla Artists Add Seating to Subway Stations (Gothamist)
Double-Parker Consumed by Road Rage, Makes Death Threat (SI Live)
Pro Prognosticator: Feds Will Fund Coastal High-Speed Rail, Maybe (NY Mag)
Japanese Trains Getting Even Faster (TreeHugger)

Larry Littlefield

The article on the double parking incident is a good one to include. I get the feeling that lots of cyclists here believe crazed motorists have it in for them.

In reality, they have it in for everyone.
Cap’n Transit

“I think … an ill will arising from this proposal [to charge city agencies tolls] is probably more expensive – in terms of the likelihood of coming together on the extremely important issues that face all of us – than it is worth,” Page said.

What about the ill will coming from the city cutting their contribution to the MTA?