Today’s Headlines
This weekend, New York celebrated its first Ciclovia style Summer Streets Program. NYC Streetsblog has more than complete coverage in their Today's Headlines section which can be read here.
6:47 AM PDT on August 11, 2008
This weekend, New York celebrated its first Ciclovia style Summer Streets Program. NYC Streetsblog has more than complete coverage in their Today’s Headlines section which can be read here.
- Oropeza Willing to Kill Sales Tax Over the Green Line (Bottleneck Blog)
- Metro’s Suit Against Supervisors Will Go Forward Wednesday Unless Knabe Wins Vote on Tuesday (Daily News)
- City Council Wants Extended Red Line Hours for the Holidays (KNBC)
- Pasadena Citizens Walk for Safer Streets (Times)
- Letters Respond to WSJ’s Article on Biking in LA
- Are TAP Cards Infringing on Civil Liberties? (Bus Bench)
- Bike Loan Plans Good for College Students (Chicago Tribune)
- Contested Streets Now a National Trend (NYT)
- Yglesias: No One Is Arguing That the U.S. Should Be Car-Free; Driving Should Just Be Rarer
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