- Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Two Women in Separate Incidents Wednesday Night (News)
- Obama Appoints Federal Transit Administrator (TOW via Streetsblog.net)
- Tom Friedman Wants a National Carbon Tax Instead of Cap-and-Trade (NYT)
- The Economist Has Some Questions About High-Speed Rail in the U.S.
- Brooklyn Paper: Bay Ridge Sidewalk Parking Epidemic Due to 'Lack of Parking'
- Study: 21 Percent of NYC Cyclist Fatalities Linked to Alcohol (City Room)
- Sprawl Development Shouldn't Qualify as 'Green Building' (City of Lakes via Switchboard)
- Jeff Mapes on America's Bike Renaissance (Infrastructurist)
- Beijing Extends Car Restrictions Another Year (AP via Planetizen)
- MTA Gets in the Blogging Game (Metro via 2nd Ave Sagas)
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