Today’s Headlines
Downton Streetcar Coming in Two Years? (Blogdowntown, Bottleneck Blog, Angelinic) U.S. Driving Drops for Ninth Straight Month (Reuters) Clean Truck Rules Go Into Effect at LA and LB Ports (Press Telegram) Barack and McCain, Rail Transit What? (LAist) Bailout Plan Could Fund AMTRAK for 300 Years (Trains for America) 91 HOT Lanes Getting Lower Toll … Continued
7:47 AM PDT on October 1, 2008
- Downton Streetcar Coming in Two Years? (Blogdowntown, Bottleneck Blog, Angelinic)
- U.S. Driving Drops for Ninth Straight Month (Reuters)
- Clean Truck Rules Go Into Effect at LA and LB Ports (Press Telegram)
- Barack and McCain, Rail Transit What? (LAist)
- Bailout Plan Could Fund AMTRAK for 300 Years (Trains for America)
- 91 HOT Lanes Getting Lower Toll (Inland News Today)
- NY Panel Will Look at Privatizing Assets, Including Bridges, to Boost Revenue (NYT)
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