- MTA Rescue Held Up as Smith Questions Doomsday Deadline (City Room, News, Politicker, MTR)
- News: Ravitch Holdouts Are Betraying Their Constituents
- Carl Kruger's Alternative 'Plan' Is Crazy (NY Fiscal Watch via Daily Politics)
- Ravitch Opponent Ruben Diaz, Sr Says He's Being Attacked Because of His Race (Room 8)
- Bus Ridership Booming in Queens as Doomsday Cuts Loom (News)
- NYPD Plans Crackdown on Cellphone-Using Drivers (City Room, NY1)
- Bloomberg Unveils Plan to Haul Away Brooklyn Trash With Trains, Not Trucks (City Room)
- Mayor Expected to Identify NYC's Transpo Stim Projects This Week (Post)
- Yglesias: Expand Transit Capacity Before Gas Prices Rebound
- Advocates Fight Oregon Proposal to Require Bicycle Registration (BikePortland via Streetsblog.net)
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