Today’s Headlines
Today Is National Park(ing) Day (AP, CBS, TPL) State Budget Deal Reached. Bye bye $90 Million Dollars of Transit Funds (Times) Questions to Ask at Today’s Westside Forum (Bottleneck Blog) New York State Senator Crowds, Swears at Cyclist from His Mercedes (Streetsblog) Opponents Launch Assault on High Speed Rail (Bottleneck Blog) WSJ on the Future … Continued
7:03 AM PDT on September 19, 2008
- Today Is National Park(ing) Day (AP, CBS, TPL)
- State Budget Deal Reached. Bye bye $90 Million Dollars of Transit Funds (Times)
- Questions to Ask at Today’s Westside Forum (Bottleneck Blog)
- New York State Senator Crowds, Swears at Cyclist from His Mercedes (Streetsblog)
- Opponents Launch Assault on High Speed Rail (Bottleneck Blog)
- WSJ on the Future of the Internal Combustion Engine
- Portland’s Beautiful Bike Congestion (Bike Portland)
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