Today’s Headlines

Might an Election-Year Transit Crisis Force Albany to Step Up? (GG)
Paterson Officially Seeking New Term, But Straphangers Have Little Cause to Get On Board (NYT, SAS)
Despite 2009 Dip, MTA Ridership Remains at Near-Record Levels (SAS, NY1)
President Prendergast: Budget Restraints Won’t Stop Service, Station Improvements (News)
Livable Streets Foe Helen Sears Gunning for Hiram Monserrate’s Senate Seat (News, WNYC)
TLC Cab-Share Program Launches This Week (Post)
Statewide Study Says the Bronx Rates Last in Public Health (Post)
City Hall Staffer Left Brain Dead After Brooklyn Hit-and-Run (News, NY1)
Driver, 15, Charged With Homicide in Fatal December Crash on Bruckner Expressway (News, Post)
NYSDOT Previews What It Will Be Like to Walk and Bike the New Kosciuszko Bridge (City Room)
Did Jane Jacobs Ruin New York? (City Room)