Today’s Headlines
(Editor's Note: There was so much news about the Metrolink crash that there will be a whole "Today's Headlines" devoted just to that in a moment...)
7:16 AM PDT on September 15, 2008
(Editor’s Note: There was so much news about the Metrolink crash that there will be a whole “Today’s Headlines” devoted just to that in a moment…)
- Federal Maritime Commission Slows Clean Port Plan (Times)
- Metro Considering Third Santa Monica Stop for Expo (The Argonaut)
- Hillary Clinton: Feds Should Invest More in Transit (News, NY1)
- Gas Prices Spike After Gulf Coast Disasters, Causing Panic (Tennessean, RR)
- Synopsis of Battle Over the Gold Line Extension (SGV Tribune)
- Cyclist Encourages Other Cyclists to Get Back in Their Cars (Times)
- Who Wants a Podcar? (Times)
- Transit Users in SF Get Tax Break…Whither LA? (Times)
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