Today’s Headlines
Taxpayer Tab for Subsidizing Cars = $100 Billion Per Year (Slate) BRU Takes a Swing at Sales Tax (Times) More Californians Favor Increased Drilling (Daily News) Newhall Pass HOV Lane Planned (The Signal) NYPD Officer Pogan’s Version of Events: Cyclist Took Down Cop (Smoking Gun) Will High Speed Rail Ruin Communities? (LAist) Why Are Cyclists … Continued
7:04 AM PDT on July 31, 2008
- Taxpayer Tab for Subsidizing Cars = $100 Billion Per Year (Slate)
- BRU Takes a Swing at Sales Tax (Times)
- More Californians Favor Increased Drilling (Daily News)
- Newhall Pass HOV Lane Planned (The Signal)
- NYPD Officer Pogan’s Version of Events: Cyclist Took Down Cop (Smoking Gun)
- Will High Speed Rail Ruin Communities? (LAist)
- Why Are Cyclists Singled Out for Criticism? (Switchboard)
- Seattle Cyclist Calls Critical Mass Counterproductive (NY Daily News)
- CA, NY, Three Others Warn EPA to Regulate Ocean Ships or Else…(Daily News)
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