Tri-State Transportation Campaign staff members scan the news each morning to make sure we’re always on top of what’s happening in the region. Today, April 1, is an especially fun day to comb through the local papers (look out for those April Fools’ pitfalls!) and requires us to read a bit more closely.

Instead of trying to write our own fake April Fools’ piece (we’re just not that clever) here are five real transportation news stories whose headlines were scary, surprising or strange enough for us to do a double take.

• Cabbie Kills 2 Pedestrians In Horrifying Crash Caught On Video, No Charges Filed (Gothamist)

• Analysis: 61,000 U.S. bridges ‘structurally deficient’ (USA Today)

• Queens Boulevard, the “Boulevard of Death,” to make room for bicycles, pedestrians (AMNY)

• Chris Christie Cutting Mass-Transit and Highway Spending, Lawmakers Say (Bloomberg)

• Volvo Wants to Make Bike Commuting Safer by Selling You Glow-in-the-Dark Paint (CityLab)