Day: August 25, 2008
Streetsblog LA
Michigan TV Station: Bikes Are Strange. Buy a Chrysler!
Check out this "news of the weird" item from WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan, on last week's DC bike-share debut:
August 25, 2008
Rushed as Usual, A.B. 2321 Faces “Do or Die” Week
A.B. 2321, the legislation that authorizes Metro to place a half cent sales tax on the ballot this December, is facing some critical hurdles this week. The legislation, newly amended before it could get out of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has to be approved by the Senate and Assembly and signed by the governor before the end of the month. That could be a steep mountain to climb: the end of the month is less than a week away and many politicians are out of town for the Democratic National Convention.
August 25, 2008
Today’s Headlines
Enviro Groups Happy With Biden as Obama VP Pick (Grist) 710 “Connector” Project Hearings Scheduled (Press Telegram, Daily Breeze) Downtown DASH Alters Routes (Downtown News) Blackout Not an Excuse for Deadly Driving (Times) LA-SD Amtrak Train Runs Out of Gas (Times) Gas Prices Have Fallen 15 Cents in Past Two Weeks (Daily News) LAist Preached … Continued
August 25, 2008