- Final Stim Deal: Transit Funding Disappoints; Big Boost for HSR (AP via Transport Politic)
- Report Documents Rampant Speeding in NYC; TA Calls on Albany, NYPD to Act (News)
- More on Yesterday's Horrific Pedestrian Death (NYT)
- Cops Caught Driving All Over the Street in the 76th, Smashing Into Parked Cars (Gowanus Lounge)
- Are Model Ts in Central Park a Trojan Horse for Parking Magnate Steve Nislick? (GripeBox)
- 'Park Smart' Meter Pricing Coming to Park Slope (Brooklyn Paper)
- Free Transit as Economic Stimulus (MarketWatch via Yglesias)
- Ryan Avent on Neighborhood Sprawl vs. Regional Sprawl
- What Does 'Density' Look Like? (hugeasscity via Streetsblog.net)
- Serious Bike-Share -- 75 Stations -- Planned for Minneapolis (MN Daily via Grist)
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