TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

ON TN:

NYC's Sandy-battered R train is going between Brooklyn and Manhattan again (link)

MONDAY LINKS:

After decades of declining traffic deaths, fatalities began to increase in Texas during the oil drilling and fracking boom. (Houston Public Media)

Getting people to stop texting while driving is "like trying to make condoms cool." (NYT)

The projected cost of Cambridge's Green Line extension has increased from $1.4 billion to nearly $2 billion. (WBUR)

NJ Transit's plans to increase capacity on its bus and rail fleet are coming smack up against some forces beyond its control. (APP)

Let's just put it out there: one solution to NYC's affordable housing crunch involves turning parking spaces into apartments. (NYT)

Air France pilots are striking, and half of today's flights are cancelled. (Reuters)

San Diego airport cabbies must pass a 'body odor' test. (KPCC)

Bet your morning commute to school was nothing like these kids' trips. Damaged suspension bridges and unsecured ladders, anyone? (Bored Panda)

That must have been some bake sale: San Diego's school district has acquired an MRAP, or mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle. (NPR via WNYC)

Some Brazilian bus commuters are taking the system's lack of signage into their own hands. (City Lab)

Can Uber replace your car? A financial analysis from Marketplace.

Meet the Lady Luck Car Club, a women-only collective of vintage auto enthusiasts based in California. (Bust)