TN MOVING STORIES: Twin Cities Population Boom, Feds Prepare for Oversight of Urban Transit Safety, Olympic Athletes Have Epic London Bus Ride

Top stories on TN:
DOT: NYC Bike Share Will Not Launch in July (link)
Commuter Nation: How America Gets to Work (link)
To Combat Counterfeiting, NJ Transit Goes For Ultraviolet Tickets (link)
D.C. Battle with ‘Arrogant’ Uber Continues: To Regulate Internet Cabs or Not? (link)
Private Ferry, Floated By Municipal $, Flourishes In New York (link)
Bike Modification Lets You Ride on Train Tracks, Probably Get Hit by Train (link)

A Olympic lane on the A12 (photo by sludgegulper via flickr)

The Brian Lehrer Show will talk about the Tappan Zee Bridge with Rockland County Executive Scott Vanderhoef and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino. (WNYC)

Three buses carrying athletes to London's Olympic Village lost their way and took four hours instead of 45 minutes. (New York Times)

Minneapolis and St. Paul are adding new residents by the thousands, reversing a decades-long trend of population losses to the suburbs and possibly reordering priorities for things like spending on highways and transit. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

The federal DOT now has the power to withhold grant money to urban transit systems that don't make safety improvements. "That's not a tool we want to use, but it is a tool we will use to ensure that agencies are stepping up and making the appropriate transit safety investments," FTA head Peter Rogoff said. (AP via ABC)

California state regulators ordered Expo Line officials to replace a flawed piece of track that could trigger a derailment and also fix an automated safety system that has not worked properly since the line opened in April. (Los Angeles Times)

NY's MTA said it's willing to look at integrated fares for subways and bike share as it moves towards a smart card system -- in 2015. (Gotham Gazette)

Unless Congress acts later this year, some federal transportation programs -- like the FAA, New Starts, and Amtrak -- will be subject to automatic cuts of nearly 8 percent. (Transportation Issues Daily)

News to us: the Nassau County town of Long Beach has a bike share program.

Two NJ towns have certified that the timing of their red light cameras are in compliance with state DOT regulations -- paving the way for the municipalities to soon begin issuing tickets at affected intersections again. (Gloucester County Times)

Auto dealers in Houston's 10-county metro area sold nearly 32,000 cars, trucks and SUVs in June — an increase of nearly 90% over June of last year. (KUHF)

How to get Chicago drivers to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks? Use mimes.  (WBEZ; video below)