TN MOVING STORIES: More NJ Transit-Sandy Revelations, GM Watching Korea, Detroit Electric Launches, Meet a Subway Matchmaker

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Fatter Pedestrians Are Safer, Taxis Are Scourge for Cyclists: Study (link)
Subway Service Returns to South Ferry (link)
One Train Ticket in New Jersey Can be Valid for Years … If You Never Get on a Train (link)
Maryland County Approves Millions More for Troubled Transit Center (link)

All aboard in Tallinn, Estonia -- and put away your wallet. (Photo by MissTerje via flickr)

The head of NJ Transit admitted the agency moved trains into a flood-prone area just before Sandy hit. (The Record)

General Motors is closely watching the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula and would consider shifting production if the situation deteriorates. (Detroit Free Press)

Texas Governor Rick Perry refuses to back a statewide ban on texting while driving -- but Houston's mayor says she's prepared to go it alone. (KUHF)

Detroit Electric has launched to much fanfare (Wall Street Journal) -- and some skepticism: "Let me get this straight. Detroit Electric, shifty about funding & battery supplier & doesn't have factory, will make EVs 5 months from now?" (@NathanBomey, Detroit Free Press reporter)

Boston could have just one bidder for a $1 billion commuter rail contract. (Boston Globe)

Three months later: assessing the impact of free transit in the Estonian capital city of Tallinn. (AP via Miami Herald)

On this morning's Brian Lehrer Show: more on a new study that found that the majority of pedestrians struck in New York City were hit while in a crosswalk. (WNYC)

Philadelphia's library and city transit provider SEPTA have launched a virtual library at a train station throughout the month of April. (Metro; h/t Transit Wire)

Meet a matchmaker who takes clients to the NYC subway. "The Love Conductor is the first matchmaker to go underground — targeting New York's 1.6 billion subway riders, many of whom are the most alluring, creative and energetically sexy on earth." (New York Magazine)

The founder of Zappos is launching Project 100 in downtown Las Vegas -- "the code name for a complete transportation system designed to let you get rid of your car and be more connected to your neighborhood — all for less than the monthly cost of traditional car ownership." Ingredients: bike share, bus shuttles, and Tesla EVs. (GigaOM)

February traffic crash stats for NYC: 1,111 pedestrians and cyclists injured; 13 killed. (Streetsblog)

The town of Wyckoff, New Jersey, is adopting a "zero tolerance policy" for drivers who flout pedestrian crosswalk laws. One reason why: "a driver recently pulled around a stopped car while children were crossing the street." (NJ.com)

PHOTOS: a rail link reopens in Nigeria. (The Guardian)

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