- Opening on Broadway This Spring: 7 Blocks of Pedestrian Paradise (NYT, News, Post)
- Silver Proposes Scaled-Down East and Harlem River Bridge Tolls (NYT, News, Post)
- State Senate Dems Throw Fit About Bridge Tolls (News)
- News Tells NYC Reps to Get Their Priorities Straight and Fund Transit
- GM Nosedive Continues Unabated (NYT)
- Comptroller Audit Finds DOT Behind Schedule on Sidewalk Repairs (News)
- Third Ave Whole Foods and All Its Parking Take Step Closer to Construction (Bklyn Paper)
- Port Authority Director Chris Ward Fields Questions From City Room Readers
- Who's Competing for High-Speed Rail Grants? (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- Infrastructurist Interviews Julia Christensen, Artist and National Expert on Big Box Reuse
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