- MTA Budget Hole Bigger Than Expected, Second Round of Cuts on the Horizon (NYT, News, Post)
- State DOT Commish Astrid Glynn Resigns Her Post (Daily Politics, Times Union, WNYC)
- Obama Boasts of 2,000 Stim-Funded Transportation Projects (WaPo)
- TLC Mulls Split Fares, Cellphone-Blocking, and Other Tech for Cabs (Post, News)
- Study Feeds Safety Fears of Small Cars (WSJ)
- Ex-Rep Fossella Gets 5 Days for Drunk Driving (NYT, Bklyn Paper)
- NY Mag Diagrams Assorted MTA Funding Scenarios
- Readers Respond to Chelsea Now Hit Job on 8th Ave Bike Lane
- What Makes People Afraid of Urbanism? (TOW via Streetsblog.net)
- Detroit Pols Want to Tear Down Historic Michigan Central Station (Infrastructurist)
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