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So 10 years ago, some forward-thinking city planners turned Times Square into a successful pedestrian plaza (pictured). Since then? Well, let's just say there's been nothing to write home about. Click the headline above for the full story — and the rest of our news digest.

In New York City, we want more speed cameras. In Texas, the governor just made them illegal.

Welcome to the working week. Mayor de Blasio is in Albany later today, so start your day off right with our news digest. Just click the headline for a summary of what you missed.

The MTA's new fare card — the no-card, virtual wallet system called OMNY — will launch in 16 stations today. We'll be there. But first, click the headline above for our news digest.

Well, we told you it would be a busy day, with a big bill passing at City Hall as a big motor scooper expansion, and it was, even with the TLC “dialogue” ride canceled by rain and the Vision Zero trial postponed by a judge’s unannounced illness. So let’s just get to the news.

It's going to be a busy day, what with a court hearing on Mayor de Blasio's Morris Park Avenue safety redesign at 9:30, an announcement by Revel scooters at 11 a.m., a press conference on Antonio Reynoso's private carting reform bill, then the passage of the Vision Zero Design Standards bill by the Council, despite Mayor de Blasio's opposition, and then we'll end the day with a Taxi and Limousine Commission "dialogue ride" between cyclists and cabbies. Start with the news.