In other Tuesday news

• All things transit
  
  
  
  • Pa. House to resume debate on transit bill -- new rules cut them off at 11pm last night, with 45 (!) amendments still to discuss.
    
    
  • States weighing toll-road options -- residents of NJ and PA skeptical of this as the right solution.
    
    
  • Boy/Girl Revolutionaries: SEPTA's Gender-marked TransPasses Challenged -- what if your gender is "ambiguous" to the average eye? what if you are transgendered? a number of logistical problems I'd never considered in implementing this (somewhat lame) anti-fraud measure...
    
    
  • SEPTA hopes to pick up riders with bar campaign -- coasters and magnets to reach out to residents of Manayunk and Roxborough.
    
    
  • From NYC, a problem we look forward to facing: Some Subways Found Packed Past Capacity
  
  
• Magic moment for health care? The release of Moore's "Sicko" happens to be timed with the introduction of state and national single-payer programs.
  
  
• Controller: Not a dime for Vallas -- Butkovitz says negotiations should cease. What his actual contract suggests is still unclear.
  
  
• Opinionistas
  
  
  
  • Editorial | Appoint Judges -- for merit and diversity
    
    
  • Editorial | Political Donations by Journalists -- more claims of media bias here, but I'm less worried by a smattering of contributions than by the consistent deluge of almost exclusively conservative pundits on TV and elsewhere (see here)...
    
    
  • Commentary: What if the notion that conservatism reigns is hype? -- public views tend left, even if labels tend right
    
    
  • YPP: Do Safer Streets Mean Better Small Business Climate? Um, yes.