Today’s Headlines

  • Republicans Won’t Back MTA Rescue Without Road and Bridge Funding (NYT, Newsday)
  • Study: Particulate Pollution Shortens Life in Urban Areas (BBC)
  • Most Straphangers in Ruben Diaz, Sr.’s District Are Just Fine With Bridge Tolls (WNYC)
  • How Transit Doomsday Brinkmanship Played Out in Chicago (Politicker)
  • Price of Oil Is on the Rise, and the Feds Still Aren’t Funding Transit Service (Yglesias)
  • High Anxiety at the New York Auto Show (NYT)
  • City to Monitor Congestion in Lower Manhattan With High-Tech Network (NY1)
  • Bus Line on the Chopping Block Gets Two New Shelters (NYT)
  • Merchants Gripe About Construction of Bleecker St. Subway Connection (News)
  • Architect Proposes Wrapping BQE in Solar Panels at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Bklyn Paper)
  • St. Louis Streets Way Too Wide to Walk Across (STL Urban Workshop via Streetsblog.net)