.A Brooklyn Museum held a beauty pageant for riders of the G Train, and two ladies and a drag queen came out on top. Click through for a slideshow of the contestants. (Village Voice)

• Highway travel is up 2.5% from last year, as many Americans resume driving and refuse to take flights for vacations. But until the job market recovers, petroleum demand is likely to stay relatively low. (Reuters)
• San Francisco is planning a 145 acre “Transit Center District” with skyscrapers and an expanded commuter (and high speed rail!) network. The District will increase urban density and is projected to produce 62% less carbon dioxide than a typical Bay Area suburb. (SFGate)
• The city of Brasilia is exemplary of modernist urban planning, with heavy emphasis on motor vehicle traffic and little room for pedestrians. But when viewed from above, it betrays something else: a slightly worn and meandering network of human footpaths. The peds will prevail! (Discovering Urbanism)
• “Rock star sex” — that’s reportedly what the famous Captain Sullenberger’s been enjoying with his wife since he landed an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River in January. Hey, if it’s in the Times, it’s news that’s fit to print. (NYTimes)

Pic via Paul Quitoriano, Village Voice