Today’s Headlines
Californians Driving a Billion Less Miles Than Last Year (LAist) Enviros Suing Feds Over Proposed OC Tollway (Times) LA Weekly Destroys Sales Tax, Metro Antonovich’s Response to Mayor, Sales Tax Boosters (Foothill Weeklies) Ventura Cops Prefer Stings Targeting Drivers, Not Walkers (Daily News) Bottleneck Blog Goes to Portland, Finds it Awesome Electric Bike Sales on … Continued
7:10 AM PDT on August 15, 2008
- Californians Driving a Billion Less Miles Than Last Year (LAist)
- Enviros Suing Feds Over Proposed OC Tollway (Times)
- LA Weekly Destroys Sales Tax, Metro
- Antonovich’s Response to Mayor, Sales Tax Boosters (Foothill Weeklies)
- Ventura Cops Prefer Stings Targeting Drivers, Not Walkers (Daily News)
- Bottleneck Blog Goes to Portland, Finds it Awesome
- Electric Bike Sales on the Rise (AP)
- No Traffic Controls for Beijing Once Olympics Leave Town (Reuters)
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