- Albany at a Standstill After Hiram Monserrate Switches Parties, Again (NYT)
- More Coverage of Yesterday's Bicycle Access Bill Hearing (City Room, Observer, NYFI)
- Survey: New York Has Angriest, Most Aggressive Drivers in U.S. (SI Advance)
- Council Mems Falling Over Themselves to Shield Drivers From Parking Tickets (Bklyn Eagle)
- Post Says Pedicabs Belong in Bike Lanes
- Grand Concourse Bike Lane Extended (Norwood News)
- Queens Precinct Pledges July 4 Drunk Driving Crackdown; Does It Matter? (Queens Gazette)
- Half of World's Traffic Fatalities Are Not in Cars (Baltimore Spokes via Streetsblog.net)
- Obama Admin Reportedly Looking to "Downsize" Mid-Size Cities (Telegraph)
- Brad Pitt Cutout Used to Calm Traffic in Russia (HuffPo)
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