Today’s Headlines

• From the Mealy-Mouthed to the Moronic, Mayoral Hopefuls Give Bike Lane Quotes to the Bklyn Paper
• Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injured Teenager in Bay Ridge Friday Night (Gothamist)
• A Handful of Votes Could Swing Tuesday’s Special City Council Election in SE Queens (News)
• NYPD’s Cyclist Ticketing Frenzy of 2011 Eased Up in 2012 (Post)
• Yellow School Buses Will Hit the Streets on Wednesday (WSJ, DNA)
• CB 5 Gets an Early Look at Pedestrian Improvements for Penn Station (DNA)
• MTA Awards $258M Contract for Second Avenue Subway’s 72nd Street Station (DNA)
• DNAinfo: A Parking Space for Crown Heights’ Car-Free Majority Symbolizes “Mustachioed Menace”
• Behind the Scenes: How Barclays Center Players Avoid the Sidewalk (Post)
• Should We Build a Soccer Stadium By the Flushing River? (Cap’n Transit)
• Mardi Gras: The Ultimate Open Streets Event (Next City)

Streetsblog will be offline the rest of President’s Day and publishing regularly tomorrow.