Your weekly guide to winners and losers in tri-state transportation and development.

Winners

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio—On the heels of a Daily News report suggesting that the G train’s temporary 2009 extension to Church Avenue would likely be made permanent, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and the 5-Stop Fan Club are working to make sure that rumor becomes truth. Sign the petition!

Hudson County, New Jersey—The county is adding five-foot shoulders for cyclists on three miles of River Road, which runs along the Hudson River. Advocates continue to work for improved cyclist safety on a portion of the road in Bergen County.

New Haven Alderman Justin Elicker—In response to the elimination of a planned pedestrian refuge and other pedestrian safety measures from an intersection in New Haven’s Downtown Crossing highway-to-boulevard project, Alderman Justin Elicker argued that a lack of will, not engineering constraints, lay at the root of the problem. “I don’t think anyone is disingenuous in the process. But there’s not a can-do attitude by the powers that be to say, ‘let’s figure this out,’” he said.

Losers

Connecticut State Senator Joe Markley—Despite the economic benefits being generated by CTfastrak, Senator Markley continues to oppose the project. It’s getting built. Get over it.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano—New York State Board of Election records indicate that, this year, County Executive Mangano’s campaign has accepted almost $4,800 from Veolia, the company that assumed operations of Nassau County’s bus service on January 1, 2012. Apparently, while Mangano gets a check cut, riders get service cuts. Oh yeah, and they sometimes have to push too.