London
Boris Johnson, speeding past Bloomberg, unveils a $1 billion cycling plan
In 1818, London invented the bicycle and yesterday, Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a $1 billion plan to transform the way cyclists move around his city. More
(2)Despite that closing ceremony, Britain's pretty pleased with itself post-Olympics
Skepticism seems, by and large, to have given way to optimism about Britain's self-image and future. One erstwhile Olympics crank writes in The Independent: "A nation that had elevated failure into a conviction is actually rather good." More
(1)The Olympics, without NBC
The people running the Olympics coverage at NBC find foreign athletes very boring. Or they think we all do, at least. More
F.A.Q.: Why did Mitt Romney go to war with Britain?
Steve Kornacki: In Poland ... I dunno, he has a penchant for making awkward small talk and cracking weird jokes when he's forced into informal conversations. Maybe they're just telling him to avoid trying to make any good-natured Polish jokes. More
New and old M.T.A. chiefs on the political toxicity of congestion pricing
The current M.T.A. chief, Joe Lhota, and a former M.T.A. chief, Elliot Sander, today discussed the political toxicity of congestion pricing. More
