A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in tri-state transportation news.

Winners

Citi Bike — The long-awaited bike-share program was launched on Monday and ridership is tracking slightly higher on a daily trips per bike basis than other successful bike share systems.

US Representatives Michael Grimm and Daniel Lipinski — Representatives Grimm (R-NY) and Lipinski (D-IL) have formed a bipartisan transit caucus that aims to help “members of Congress to engage in constructive dialogue on the challenges and needs of mass transit agencies across the country.”

Town of Brookhaven, New York — The town board voted to approve an ordinance that creates incentives for multifamily developments in downtowns and hamlet centers, as well as near Long Island Rail Road stations.

Newark Police Officer Benito Torres — Officer Torres received the New Jersey Trauma Center at University Hospital’s first-ever Champion of the Year Award for spearheading pedestrian safety efforts in Newark.

Town of Huntington, New York — Last week, officials in the Long Island town celebrated the opening of a pedestrian plaza that replaced a parking area.

Losers

NY State Senator Bill Perkins — Perkins succeeded in slowing down NYC DOT’s plan to speed up the absurdly slow M60 bus along 125th Street, a corridor which carries 32,000 riders each day.

NJ Governor Chris Christie — A year ago, when New Jersey’s chief legislative budget officer David Rosen predicted that Governor Christie’s state revenue projections were $1.3 billion too high, Christie wondered “Why would anybody with a functioning brain believe this guy?” Turns out Rosen was dead-on: Revenues fell short of the Governor’s projections by $1.3 billion, which is especially bad news if Christie ever plans to follow through on his promise to fund transportation with something other than debt.

US infrastructure — The last week saw two bridges collapse in the United States: The Skagit River Bridge in Washington and a highway overpass in southeast Missouri.