- Albany Hashing Out MTA Rescue Plan Behind Closed Doors -- Tolls Off the Table? (News, CBS, NY1)
- Van Driver Jumps Curb, Kills Pregnant Woman in Midtown (NYT, News)
- News Begins Series on Albany Dysfunction (Here's Part 2)
- Post: Bloomberg, Not State Senators, Likely to Get Hit With Fallout From MTA Crisis
- Obama Initiates Next Phase of Carmaker Bailout (NYT, WNYC)
- Are Road Builders Underbidding for Stimulus Projects? (NYT)
- Some 8th Ave Biz Owners Don't Want Their Street to Be Safer for Cyclists and Peds (Chelsea Now)
- The State of Traffic Justice in NYC (Gotham Gazette)
- China's Subway Boom Not Keeping Pace With Car Sales and Sprawl (NYT)
- Bike Corral Spotted in Baltimore (Rebuilding Place via Streetsblog.net)
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