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By Damien Newton

8:51 AM PST on February 6, 2009

Freakonomics: LA Transpo Culture Not As Bad As We Think
Stimulus Compromise Would Cut Spending in Recovery Bill (NYT)
Amtrak Funding Might Be on the Chopping Block (Trains for America)
Lesson From Japan: Obsession With Building New Roads Weakened Stimulus (NYT)
Todd Litman: Reducing Car Dependence = Smart Stimulus (Planetizen)
Flower Street Wall an Example of Pedestrian Blight (Bus Bench)
GM Says Plug-in Volt Will Debut in DC Next Year (WaPo via Yglesias)
Is "Green Car" an Oxymoron? (scaledown via Streetsblog.net)
Metrolink Still Focusing on Engineer's Cell Phone in Chatsworth Crash (Times)

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