Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

So Much for Cell Phones, Witnesses Said Metrolink Had Green Light Before Crash (LAist, LA Now) Metrolink Operations Contractors Finally Release Statement on 9/12 Crash (Bottleneck Blog) State Takeaways Could Cause Transit Cuts (Contra Costa Times) Metro Day Passes Being Stolen and Sold (Daily News) How Will Detroit Use Its $25B in Guaranteed Loans? (NYT) … Continued

By Damien Newton

7:51 AM PDT on October 6, 2008

So Much for Cell Phones, Witnesses Said Metrolink Had Green Light Before Crash (LAist, LA Now)
Metrolink Operations Contractors Finally Release Statement on 9/12 Crash (Bottleneck Blog)
State Takeaways Could Cause Transit Cuts (Contra Costa Times)
Metro Day Passes Being Stolen and Sold (Daily News)
How Will Detroit Use Its $25B in Guaranteed Loans? (NYT)
Family Wants Justice for Driver Who Killed Daughter in 2004 (SGV Tribune)
Bush Appointee Will Decide Fate of OC Toll Road Days Before Inauguration (Times)
Attack Ad Mocks Congressional Candidate for Saying People Should Walk and Bike (TreeHugger)
Outside Mag Interviews Bike Commuting Congressman Earl Blumenauer

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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