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
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
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