Today’s Headlines
Dozens of Transit Agencies Sucked into Financial Vortex by Collapse of AIG (WaPo via Yglesias) Government Bias for Highway Spending Compounds Strain on Transit Systems (Salon) Metro Board Member Slams Measure R in Op/Ed (Daily News) No on Measure R (Pasadena Star News) City Working on Late Night DASH Plan (Blogdowntown) Thank God! Gas Prices … Continued
7:15 AM PDT on October 27, 2008
- Dozens of Transit Agencies Sucked into Financial Vortex by Collapse of AIG (WaPo via Yglesias)
- Government Bias for Highway Spending Compounds Strain on Transit Systems (Salon)
- Metro Board Member Slams Measure R in Op/Ed (Daily News)
- No on Measure R (Pasadena Star News)
- City Working on Late Night DASH Plan (Blogdowntown)
- Thank God! Gas Prices Below $3… (Daily News)
- …But Economic Crisis Keeping Former Drivers from Rushing Back (Union-Tribune)
- Grove Developer Considering Run Against Villaraigosa (Times)
- San Pedro Prommendade Plan Moves Forward (Times)
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