Today’s Headlines

City Rolls Out Data Apps Competition. Whither MTA? (Crain’s, Bits)
Walder Likens Bus Lane Blockage to Parking on a Train Track (2nd Ave Sagas)
City Data on Ped-Cyclist Crashes Incomplete, and What’s There Doesn’t Look Good (MTR)
Grand Jury Begins Investigation of NYPD Pedestrian Killing (Bklyn Eagle)
Post, Officials, Saw Only One Participant in Pedicab-Yellow Cab Brawl. Guess Who.
In Many Districts, Primary Runoff Failed to Draw a Single Voter (NYT)
Pedro Espada a Model of the American Dream, Says Pedro Espada (NY1)
Bus Depot Fuel Spills Will Contaminate for Decades (AMNY)
New Book Explores Why Americans Hate, and Love, Transit (Planetizen)
It’s New York vs. Portland in Battle of the Greenest (Oregonian)