- MTA Rescue Talks in Chaos as Suburban Senate Dems Balk at Payroll Tax (NYT, News, NY1)
- 50-Cent Cab Surcharge Was on the Table (News, Post)
- Tom Robbins Skewers Comrades Kruger and Espada (Voice)
- Bill Hammond: Beware an MTA Plan From Three Men in a Room (News)
- Bike Theft in NYC: How Widespread Is It? Don't Ask NYPD (City Room)
- NJ Turnpike Widening a Total Waste of Money (MTR)
- House Dems From NYC Aren't Taking the Metro to Work (News)
- Conservatives Who Bike (Utne)
- The New Haven BRT Line That Might Have Been (DNH via Streetsblog.net)
- 60 Years of Transportation Investment Collapse in Giant Ponzi Scheme (Faking Places)
- Obama Hands TransAlt Critical Task of Rebranding American Car Models
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