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• Zupan: Bike-Share Will Be Great (RPA); Op-Doc: “I’m So Terribly Excited” for Bike-Share (NYT)
• Post Finds Anti-Bike-Share Ally: Firefighters’ Union Chief Says It’s Hard to Drive Around NYC
• Daily News and DNA Examine Bike-Share and Hasidic W’Burg; WSJ Was on It a Year Ago
• NYPD Traffic Cop Fears Bike-Share Crashes; Wrongly Says “You Have to Stay in the Bike Lane” (DNA)
• City Planning Gives MSG 15 More Years, With Loophole (CapNY, News, 2nd Avenue Sagas)
• Commission Also Green Lights USTA Expansion, Including Two New Parking Garages (DNA, News)
• Slate’s Sensible Rules for Bikes and Peds: Despite “Warfare” Language, Little Talk of Dangerous Drivers
• Dromm, DOT Hail East Elmhurst Slow Zone as Applications Are Due for Next Round (Queens Gazette)
• NYPD Kicks Off Traffic Enforcement Campaign — Sober Drivers Need Not Worry (Queens Gazette)
• DOT Proposes Bike Lanes for Upper Manhattan, But Less Than What CB 12 Asked For (DNA)
• Work Begins on New Public Plaza in Financial District (DNA)
• Meet The New Weiner, Same as the Old Weiner (2nd Avenue Sagas)

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• 2013: Weiner Announces (News, NYT); “Bill de Blasio Drives” (NYT); Q Poll: Runoff Likely (WSJ)
• Metro-North and Amtrak Expected to Resume Full Service Today (NYT)
• NYC Bike-Share Modeled on the Best of Other Systems (NYT)
• Post Doubles Down on Fabricated FDNY Story After Bikes Removed From W. 13th Street Station
• Bike Lover Thrilled Not to Have Bikes in Front of Co-Op (DNA); Bike-Share Bashing Now a Post Beat
• In Broad Daylight, Bronx Town Car Driver Seriously Injures 11-Year-Old Boy and Flees Scene (News 12)
• At Least One Child Hospitalized With Serious Injuries After School Bus Crash in Kensington (DNA)
• David Greenfield Wants Cameras to Catch Drivers Who Pass School Buses; Golden Says No (News)
• On-Call Firefighters Slam Into Car at SI Intersection Where Residents Want Stop Sign (Advance)
• Reactions to Fourth Avenue Traffic-Calming Plan, From Park Slope to Bay Ridge (Bklyn Paper)
• 2nd Ave Sagas: Hype Aside, MTA Has No Reason to Cede Transit Terminal for “Low Line” Park

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• Regular Amtrak and Metro-North Service to Resume Tomorrow After Connecticut Derailment (NYT)
• Derailment Spotlights Years of Delayed Metro-North Investment from Connecticut (WNYC)
• EMTs Successfully Respond to Building Next to Bike-Share Station; Post Sees It as Massive Failure
• Daily News Letter Writers Respond to Paper’s Attack on People Who Support Bike-Share
• MSG’s 15-Year Permit Renewal Could Morph Into Permanent “Gift” (CapNY, 2nd Ave Sagas)
• Parking-Saturated S.I. Ferris Wheel and Mall Begins Land Use Review (Crain’s, Post, Advance 1, 2)
• Crain’s Kicks Off DCP Speculation; Will Burden’s Replacement Be Serious About Parking Reform?
• Bloomberg to Propose Removable Hurricane Barriers, Man-Made Islands and Wetlands (NY1)
• Kids Ride Free: Debi Rose Wants MTA to Swap Height Rule for Age Rule (Advance, 2nd Ave Sagas)
• A 48-Second Explanation of Free Bike-Share Classes for Drive-Time Radio Set (WCBS)

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• Metro-North Trains Collide in Connecticut, Injuring Dozens and Disrupting Service (NYT 1, 2; AP; 2AS)
• Bronx Crashes Leave One Pedestrian Dead, Five Hurt; Three Kids Critical (Post, News, DNA, NY1 1, 2)
• Cyclist Killed by Livery Cab Driver Near Brooklyn Museum; No Charges Filed (News, NY1, Gothamist)
• Vito Lopez Expected to Resign Today (NYT); Times Calls on Dems to Oust Silver as Speaker
• Gelinas: MTA Has No Idea How It Will Spend Federal Storm-Proofing Funds (Post)
• Former Upper Manhattan Assembly Member Guillermo Linares Held Onto His Placard (Post)
• TLC Cracks Down on Brooklyn Dollar Vans (NY1)
• Curb-Jumping Cab Driver Crashes Into Duane Reade in Chelsea (DNA)
• Pete Donohue Thinks It’s Silly to Ticket Cabbies for Distracted Driving (News)
• Classy: Daily News Publishes Pro-Bike Op-Ed, Then Attacks Author Paul Steely White
• Retired Post Editorial Page Editor Bob McManus Is an Angry Man With Much Time to Kill

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• Manuel Verdesoto, 82, Crossing Street Blocks From Bronx Home, Killed by Unlicensed Driver (News)
• NYPD Pitches WTC Fortress Plan as a Car-Lite Haven for Pedestrians and Cyclists (NYT, Post)
• Tom Vanderbilt: NIMBY Histrionics Will Soon Yield to New Yorkers Loving Bike-Share (OnEarth)
• Bus Operator Catches Drivers on Camera Zooming Past Flashing Red School Bus Lights (WNBC)
• A Train Service to Rockaways Resumes May 30 (2nd Avenue Sagas, NY1, DNA, WSJ)
• But MTA Storm Prep Relies on Plywood and Sandbags — For Now (NYT, News, Advance 1, 2)
• On Bike, Pat Kiernan Wins Commute Challenge, Beating Colleagues Using Subway and Taxi (NY1)
• Garodnick and CB 5 Chair Criticize East Midtown Public Realm Plan as Coming Too Late (DNA)
• Why the New E-Bike Law Doesn’t Close Legal Loophole (Observer)
• Comrie, at New Cambria Heights Traffic Signal, Unveils Hit-and-Run Legislation (Times Ledger)
• Mark Weprin Wants MTA to Use Extra Funds for Q75 Bus Restoration (Times Ledger)

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• The Times and Bike Snob Examine Bike-Share NIMBYs
• Citi Bike Passes 10,000 Members Two Weeks Before Opening Day (DNA)
• DOT Re-Evaluates Some Bike-Share Stations (Team Tish, News)
• WNYC and The Record Explore NJ Transit’s Refusal to Talk About Sandy Preparation Mismanagement
• A Look at How the WTC PATH Became the World’s Most Expensive Train Station (Observer)
• Hudson Square BID Opens Revived Freeman Plaza on Port Authority Land Near Holland Tunnel (DNA)
• Journal News Tells Cuomo to Stop Dragging Feet on TZB Financing and Toll Task Force
• Hey Guys, Did You Hear Anthony Weiner Is Running for Mayor? (Politico, Post)
• Nassau County Man Still Driving Despite 201 License Suspensions (Newsday via HuffPo)
• Bronx Leaders Push for New Stations With Penn Station Access (NY1)
• A Peek Inside Massimo Vignelli’s 1970 Graphics Standards Manual for NYC Transit (2nd Avenue Sagas)

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• Marty Golden and David Weprin Among Politicos Who Consider Themselves Above Traffic Rules (Post)
• City Hires Firms to Improve Public Realm Along With Midtown East Rezoning (DCP via Curbed)
• Elba Granizo, 75, Killed by Driver in Elmhurst (Times Ledger)
• Leroy Comrie to Introduce Bill Requiring NYPD to Release Yearly Hit-and-Run Reports (News)
• Finally, Motorists Get More Space on the Brooklyn Bridge (NYT)
• Tri-State: NYS DOT Could Stand to Ramp Up Its Complete Streets Program
• MTA Sees Nothing Wrong With G Train Service (Crain’s)
• Post Nails Another Bike-Share Suit Exclusive, and Endorses John Liu’s Anti-Bike Platform
• Brooklyn Bike Train Cyclists Find Security in Numbers (Bklyn Paper)
• Dirt Bike Riders Tired of Running From Police, Want Their Own Park (DNA)
• Starlight Park Reopens, Minus Connections to Bronx River Greenway (DNA)
• Defending MLS Proposal, Bloomberg Says Park Land “Not the Only Thing People Need” (Post)

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• Hynes: No Criminal Charges for Curb-Jumper Who Ran Red Light and Killed Yuliya Hermanska (News)
• Driver Who Killed Roxana Sorina Buta in Union Square Crosswalk Cleared of Failure to Yield (Post)
• Queens Driver Speeding at 100 MPH Injures 10; Charged With Reckless Endangerment (WNBC, News)
• Council Member Eugene Talks Coney Island Avenue Traffic Calming (Ditmas Park Corner)
• Lisa Sladkus Steps Down From UWS Streets Renaissance Campaign (Spectator)
• DWI Arrests Up 20% Over Last Year, Led by Greenwich Village, Kew Gardens, Jackson Heights (Post)
• NYC Women Talk About How to Get More Women Riding on City Streets (Velojoy)
• Post Reporter Test Rides “Clunky” Citi Bike; Fixie-Riding Daily News Reporter Turns Up Her Nose
• $1 Fee for New MetroCards Is Yielding More Than Expected for MTA (News, 2nd Avenue Sagas)
• No TZB Toll Hike In 2014, But No Follow-Up From Cuomo on Toll Panel, Either (LoHud)

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• NYC Set to Launch the Gold Standard of Bike-Share as Electeds Count Parking Spots (NYT, NY1)
• CB 6 Endorses Sackett St. Bike Lane, Union St. Corral; Rejects Columbia St. Parking (BK Paper, DNA)
• Video: Cyclist Harassed by Motorist and Mob of Bystanders in Williamsburg (Animal)
• NYPD Allows Civilian Complaint Review Board to Prosecute Officers Accused of Misconduct (News)
• DOE to Sign Deals With Non-Union School Bus Companies (Post, News)
• Locals Plead for Help as Streets of Jamaica Plagued by Avid Motorists (NY1)
• DNA Runs a Nice Piece on Brooklyn’s Bike Boom
• Chin Says She’s Working With DOT on Possible Relocation of Petrosino Citi Bike Station (DNA, News)
• Mob Scene II: Villager Has More From Last Week’s Mortifying CB 2 Bike-Share Forum
• Fun: Check Out the Brooklyn Spoke Bike-Share Criticism Challenge
• Got a Bikelash Thesis? Send It to the Daily News

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