- Deal Reached on Stimulus; House-Senate Negotiations Imminent (NYT, HuffPo, News)
- Where the House and Senate Stim Bills Differ on Transit (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- Senate Gives Handout to Auto Industry While Shortchanging Transit (Globe)
- Blumenauer: Republicans Attack Bike Infrastructure at Their Own Peril (HuffPo)
- Recovery Plan Should Favor Transit and Mixed-Use Development (Clawback)
- Komanoff: Congestion Pricing, Free Buses Could Augment Ravitch Plan (Gotham Gazette)
- Zoning Change Would Foster a More Welcoming Waterfront (News)
- Family Struck By Cars Twice in East Flatbush (News)
- DWI Cop Kills Woman and Badly Injures Man in Battery Park City (Post)
- Man on a Mission to Cover the Globe With Car Charging Stations (NYT)
- Council Member Wants to Replace Horse-Drawn Carriages With Electric Model Ts (Post)
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