- FDNY Ambulance Driver Strikes and Kills Gen Zhan, 81, in East Village Crosswalk (DNA, Post)
- Parade Organizers Claim No Knowledge of Eastern Parkway Ped Island Removal (Gothamist)
- Brooklyn Paper Says de Blasio's Waste Hauling Reforms Are an Invitation to Organized Crime
- Daily News Thinks Cuomo's Q70 "LaGuardia Link" Should Be Free
- Today in Terrible Ideas: Subsidizing Uber SUV Rides in New York City (Post)
- Citi Bike Starts Valet Service at West and Chambers Street Station (News)
- Cops Shamed Into Arresting Black Car Driver for Assault of Cyclist in Williamsburg (Gothamist)
- Five Thirty Eight Tries to Nail Down Just How Much New Yorkers Value Transit Access
- The Times Examines the Race to Succeed Shelly Silver
- Groups of Young People on Bikes Are Freaking Out Staten Island Motorists (Advance)
- U.S. DOT Out of Ideas on How to Prevent Traffic Deaths, Asks for Help (NPR)
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