The big story yesterday really was a tiny little story: Starting next Monday, instead of being shut down for four hours early every morning, the subway will only be shut down for two hours early every morning. Plus all the other news.
In the meantime, the big story over the weekend was crime, thanks to the homicidal efforts of a mentally ill man. But everyone but the Times got the story wrong. That, plus the other news from the weekend.
A House of Representatives committee moved ahead to allocate $30 billion for America's beleaguered transit systems, but it still won't be enough to keep millions of riders and hundreds of thousands of workers safe from drastic cuts, transit agencies and advocates said.