TN MOVING STORIES: "Gold Standard" BRT in Works for Montgomery County, Egypt's Traffic Revolution, Canada's Freight Rail On Strike

Top stories on TN:
Parking Slashed By Half In Plan For Barclays Center In Downtown Brooklyn (link)
New York Senate Votes to Close Drunk Driving Loophole (link)
Transpo Big Slings Life Lessons At New Grads (link)
SpaceX Successfully Launches Historic Flight in Florida (link)
Amnesty for LIRR Workers Who Faked Disabilities (link)
United Fights to Quash Uppity Southwest in Houston (link)
Grueling Commutes Hamper Employment for Thousands in DC Area (link)

The bicycle "parking squid" by artist Susan Robb (photo via Columbus Rides Bikes/Seattle Center)

Montgomery County (MD) unveiled plans for a 160-mile "gold standard" bus rapid transit system. (Greater Greater Washington)

And: a county task force  will recommend raising property taxes to fund the BRT project. (Washington Post)

San Francisco will close or re-route key transit lines for ten days for track work -- and officials are asking people to bike instead. (NBC Bay Area)

A strike at Canadian Pacific has halted its freight rail shipments in that country, but a deal was reached to keep commuter trains running in Ontario. (Toronto Star)

Opponents of a transit tax ballot proposal are getting louder -- and more organized -- in Cobb County, Georgia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A birds-eye view of some of the most congested traffic corridors in the U.S. (Atlantic Cities)

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie delivers the keynote address at the NJ Alliance for Action's transportation conference in Trenton this morning. (AP via Star Ledger)

Ford Motor Company got a credit ratings boost; now it can reclaim its blue oval logo and factories that it put up as collateral for a 2006 loan. And: the company no longer as to pay higher junk bond interest rates. (AP, Detroit Free Press)

The history of the Harold Interlocking, the busy rail junction in Queens blamed for everything from LIRR delays to rising East Side Access costs. (New York Times)

Transportation taxes have become a big issue in Washington's gubernatorial race. (Seattle Times)

Transport for London's plan to introduce contactless ticketing (aka "wave and pay") across the whole of its transit network is behind schedule. (The Guardian)

After aiding Egypt's revolution, social media is taking on Cairo's traffic. (Good)

The new Volvo V40 is fitted with the world's first pedestrian airbag. (Car Buyer)

Photos of 25 awesome and unusual bike racks. Our favorite: Seattle's giant squid bike rack (see above). (Flavorwire)