- State Pols Dole Out Spoils From Transit Slush Fund to Suburban Rail Projects (News)
- NYT Mag Does an Infrastructure Issue: Here's the Best Part; Here's the Silliest
- Two Short Q&As With Ray LaHood (NYT, US News via Yglesias)
- Queens Toddler Struck By Car on Neighborhood Street; News Blames Her Family
- Hell's Kitchen Residents March for Pedestrian Safety on Dangerous Ninth Avenue (News)
- Pedicab Regs Get Fast Tracked; Rules Don't Cap Number of Licenses (NYT, News, Post)
- Suffolk County Votes to Install Its First Red Light Cams (Newsday)
- Brooklyn Paper Picks Up the Fifth Ave Bike Lane Story
- Much Ink Spilled About Matthew Modine's Helmet Policy (Copenhagenize, NYMag, TreeHugger)
- Pedestrianist Has Cool Footage From San Francisco's Car-Free Sunday Streets (via Streetsblog.net)
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