Today’s Headlines
Study Finds Congestion Pricing Doesn’t Hurt the Poor (Bottleneck Blog) Is Caltrans Widening 2nd? (BlogDowntown) City Updating Bike Master Plan (LA Eastside) Santa Monica Anti-Growth Proposition Titled “T” as in “Traffic” (LAist) Senate Send Gov. Legislation on Tolls, Taxis and Driving While Armed (Times) Long Beach Senator Wants to Make Electric Cars Louder (Daily News) … Continued
6:44 AM PDT on August 20, 2008
- Study Finds Congestion Pricing Doesn’t Hurt the Poor (Bottleneck Blog)
- Is Caltrans Widening 2nd? (BlogDowntown)
- City Updating Bike Master Plan (LA Eastside)
- Santa Monica Anti-Growth Proposition Titled “T” as in “Traffic” (LAist)
- Senate Send Gov. Legislation on Tolls, Taxis and Driving While Armed (Times)
- Long Beach Senator Wants to Make Electric Cars Louder (Daily News)
- Foothill Transit Pleads for More Money (Bottleneck Blog)
- Coverage of Party Conventions Brought to You By ExxonMobil (Think Progress)
- Chinese Official Vows to Keep Beijing Auto Emissions Down (Reuters)
- California Getting Fatter (Daily News)
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