- Senate's 'Outside-the-Box' MTA Fix Will Have Agency Begging Again Within Months (NYT, News, NY1)
- Bronx Commuters Flocking to Transit in Ridership Boom (News)
- Paterson Says He Won't Trade Member Items for Ravitch Plan Votes (Post)
- Water Main Break Puts Damper on South Ferry Station Opening (NYT, News, Post)
- Carmakers on the Dole Still Splurging on DC Lobbyists (WaPo via Carfree USA)
- Why Is Wisconsin Spending Big on Road Expansion? (Political Environment via Streetsblog.net)
- Absent NYPD Enforcement, a Bunch of Clowns Crack Down on Bike Lane Blockers (Gothamist)
- News: Abolish Beeps
- Some Joker Is Hacking DOT's Electronic Road Signs (Gothamist, Post)
- C-SPAN Has Fresh Senate Testimony on Sustainable Transport (via Grist)
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