- Mothers of Chinatown Crash Victims Beseech Morgenthau to Prosecute Driver (News)
- Federal Transpo Policy Stuck in the Asphalt Age (Citiwire)
- Now's the Time to Invest in Infrastructure at Bargain Prices (Ryan Avent via Streetsblog.net)
- New Coalition Links Rail Advocates on Capitol Hill (The Hill)
- Shocker: Detroit Balks at Tougher Emissions Standards (NYT)
- Cross Bay Bridge Tolls an Affront to First Amendment, Say Broad Channel Residents (News)
- MTA Takes a Bath in Bond Auction Brokered by Citigroup (NYT)
- Poll: Bloomberg Leads Weiner By 7 (Post)
- MTA Promises Fulton Transit Center Will Look Like Early Designs (NY1, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- How Bad Is the Global Car-Crash Death Toll? (Treehugger)
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