- No Transit Strike This Time: MTA and TWU Agree to Binding Arbitration (NYT, NY1)
- Queens Pol's Campaign Driver -- License Suspended -- Hits and Kills Child (NYT, News, Post)
- Brennan Center: Malcolm Smith and Dem Conference Can Reform State Senate (News)
- Martin Malave Dilan Is the New State Senate Transpo Committee Chair (Daily Politics)
- Nassau County DA Doesn't Water Down Charges Against DWI Killers (60 Minutes)
- Oregon Gov Pushes for VMT Tax (Corvallis Times via Planetizen)
- Traffic Agent Vehicles Giving Traffic Agents a Bad Name in the Bronx (News)
- Ex-MTA Board Member Clings to Rescinded Parking Placard (News)
- Cap'n Transit: Jerrold Nadler the 'Transit Candidate' for Clinton's Senate Seat
- Resolving Not to Get in a Car in 2009 (Car-Free USA via Streetsblog.net)
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