Today’s Headlines

• The #Sneckdown Craze Goes Global: Clarence Eckerson Talks With the BBC
• Council Leadership Unveiled Today: Greenfield at Land Use, Rodriguez at Transpo (CapNY, Observer)
• Sam Schwartz Has Recommendations for de Blasio, From Speed Cams to Crash Investigations (News)
• Cabbie Drives on Hell's Kitchen Sidewalk to Bypass Snowstorm Traffic (Gothamist via WNBC)
• Brooklyn CB 1 Gives Thumbs-Up to Traffic Calming Plan on Deadly Stretch of Kent Avenue (News)
• Vance Weighs Homicide Charges Against Allegedly Drunk, High Driver After Victim Dies (News)
• Lionel Lebron on the History of "Jaywalking" and the Problems With NYPD's Enforcement (WPIX)
• MTA Receives First $802 Million of Expected $3.9 Billion from FTA for Sandy Repairs (Post)
• Gelinas: "MTA Cannot Borrow More Unless It Finds New Income to Pay the New Debt" (C&S)
• Observer Wants the New Tappan Zee Bridge to Be Called the "Cuomo Bridge," After Mario Cuomo
• Surprise! Some Lawmakers Who Carpool to Albany Have Progressive Transpo Platforms (WSJ)
• High Roller Going to the Super Bowl? You'll Probably Take the Bus or Train Like Everyone Else (NYT)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill