- Limited-Scale Parking Meter Privatization Advances; City Would Keep Right to Set Rates (WSJ, Post)
- Stringer Praises Bus Rapid Transit But Urges DOT to Slow Down on 34th Street (Fox)
- In Dueling Brad Lander and Louise Hainline Op-Eds on PPW, Only One Depends on Scare Quotes
- Yassky and Goldsmith: Fares in New Street Hail System Will Equal Yellow Cab Fares (News)
- Nowhere Is Safe! CBS 2's Shallow Anti-Bike Fearmongering Crosses The Hudson
- Port Authority Accepts "Simply Unacceptable" $3.44 Billion Price Tag for WTC Transit Hub (NYT)
- TLC Hopes to Crack Down on Cabbies Who Refuse Certain Destinations (Post)
- How Many Customers Could Possibly Be Driving to Foley's Bar in Midtown? (DNAinfo)
- Lighting on Qboro Bridge Bike/Ped Path Insufficient And Unsafe, Says NY1
- Forget All This Safety for Biking and Walking, Lets Build a Garage in Prospect Park (HuffPo)
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