- NYT: States Must Bust Sprawl, Improve Transit
- Weak Demand Sends Oil Below $90/Barrel; Gas Prices Follow (NYT, Post)
- Fordham Road Merchants Blame Select Bus Service for Decline in Business (News)
- What Makes a Street Neighborly in New Haven? (NYT)
- Families Mourn Stephanie Dees and Ann Sullivan (Post)
- Graphing the Link Between Car Dependence and Obesity (No Impact Man)
- Solution for Bus Crowding in Manhattan: Through-Running (Cap'n Transit)
- 2nd Ave Sagas Asks NYCT Chief Howard Roberts About Subway Cleanliness
- Traffic Ensnarled by Bottles Left Outside Lincoln Tunnel (Post)
- CUNY Demos 'Green' Cars and Trucks (News)
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