Today’s Headlines
Taking the “Free” Out of Freeway (Times) HOT Lanes “Sound Like a Bad April Fool’s Joke” (Daily Breeze) “Dust Up” Day Two: Expanding LA’s Subway System (Times) Chicago to Use Congestion Pricing Money to Launch Nation’s Largest BRT System (Trib) Times Blasts McCain and Clinton on “Gas Tax Holiday” Pasadena Star News Readers Weigh in … Continued
10:05 AM PDT on April 30, 2008
- Taking the “Free” Out of Freeway (Times)
- HOT Lanes “Sound Like a Bad April Fool’s Joke” (Daily Breeze)
- “Dust Up” Day Two: Expanding LA’s Subway System (Times)
- Chicago to Use Congestion Pricing Money to Launch Nation’s Largest BRT System (Trib)
- Times Blasts McCain and Clinton on “Gas Tax Holiday”
- Pasadena Star News Readers Weigh in on HOT Lanes
- Urban Rail Expert Jeff Kenworthy Speaks Today (Metro Rider)
- Truckers ‘March’ on Washington to Protest High Price of Fuel (NBC)
- Wallet Protects Cyclist in Drive-By (Times)
- Man Drives SUV with Two Boys off Cliff (Times)
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