Today’s Headlines
Senate Republicans Block Spending Bill That Includes Transit Stimulus (Bloomberg) NYT: “Drill Baby Drill” Is a Big Step Backwards for Congress Times: Bike Licensing in City That Can’t Build Bike Infrastructure an “Outrage” Economy Might Be in Shambles, But There’s Still Money to Widen 405 (Daily News) Lowenthal’s Clean Port Bill Sitting on Gov.’s Desk … Continued
7:11 AM PDT on September 29, 2008
- Senate Republicans Block Spending Bill That Includes Transit Stimulus (Bloomberg)
- NYT: “Drill Baby Drill” Is a Big Step Backwards for Congress
- Times: Bike Licensing in City That Can’t Build Bike Infrastructure an “Outrage”
- Economy Might Be in Shambles, But There’s Still Money to Widen 405 (Daily News)
- Lowenthal’s Clean Port Bill Sitting on Gov.’s Desk (Pasadena Star News)
- Longshoremen Rallying to Stop Clean Ports (Times)
- In Mexico City, Bikes Rule the Sunday Streets (Times)
- Should Public Transit Have Safety Belts? (Valley Star)
- Sign of the Times, Bike Racks Filling Up (LAist)
- Crash Sunday: Four Killed in Four Crashes (Times)
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