- NYT: It's Up to Bloomberg to Swing Senate GOP Support for Shelly's Transit Rescue Package
- State Senate Will Vote on Its MTA Plan Next Week (Post, Wonkster, Daily Politics)
- Shelly Won't Stand in the Way of Senate's Ill-Conceived Package (Politicker)
- Subway Ridership, Fare Revenue Decline as Unemployment Rises (Post)
- Sander Orders Hiring Freeze at MTA (NY1, Post)
- Working Families Party Rallies for a Transit Rescue, But Which One Isn't Clear (WNYC)
- 88th Precinct: We Park on the Sidewalk Because We've Got No Choice (The Local)
- Stalled Station Rehabs Back on Track With Stim Cash (Bklyn Paper)
- Montreal Set to Launch North America's Biggest Bike-Share (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- Infrastructurist: What We Really Should Be Thinking About on Earth Day (Hint: It's Not Light Bulbs)
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