Today’s Headlines

Transit Ridership Up for the First Time Since 2008 (Transpo Nation)
Why Did Traffic Deaths Drop So Much Last Year? (MTR)
Law Should Treat Texting-While-Driving Like Driving Drunk, Says Assembly Member Felix Ortiz (NY1)
LIC Art Institutions Using Buses to Lure Visitors From Manhattan (News)
Downtown Biz Group Rolls Out Countdown Clocks for Its Buses, Shames MTA (NY1)
Scenes From the Fare Hike Circus in Queens (Queens Chron)
MTA Toll Hikes Might Only Apply to Drivers Who Pay Cash (News)
City Will Fix Sidewalks Torn Up By Tornadoes (News)
And Apparently Some Car Owners Think the City Owes Them for Their Damaged Vehicles (City Room)
News: No Special Treatment for DWI Jets Receiver Braylon Edwards
Cambridge to Parking Violators: Take a Deep Breath, Salute the Sun (Boston Herald)