Month: November 2008
Streetsblog LA
San Diego Activists Incensed Over Removal of Ghost Bike
"Atip's" Friends and Family Gather Around His Ghost Bike Last July
November 24, 2008
Two Oil Guzzling Albatrosses for the Price of One?
Detroit's customer incentives have had an air of desperation for a while. With Big Three bankruptcy looking more likely every day, some dealers -- like this one in Pembroke Pines, Florida -- are venturing into liquidation sale territory (and then some).
November 24, 2008
Today’s Headlines
Obama Infrastructure Stimulus Plan: Ambitious, Still Vague (Grist, NYT) Bus Ridership Remains Strong in San Bernadino (SB Sun) Hail a Cab Program Starts PR Campaign (Angelinic) Kerry, Specter Introduce Bill to Fund High-Speed Rail (Boston Globe) WaPo: Raise the Gas Tax Is the Moment Ripe for a National Carbon Tax? (Grist) Former Michigan Sen. Spencer … Continued
November 24, 2008
Sign of the Times: Unsold Cars Piling up at Port of Long Beach
Unwanted Cars Gather Together to Commiserate
November 21, 2008
Report: Good Transit and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand
MARTA train in Atlanta, Georgia, where officials are studying the link between transit and job growth. How could federal job creation programs be greener? Making access to public transit a priority would be one way. A report called “Uncle Sam’s Rusty Toolkit,” released today by Good Jobs First, details the group’s finding that federal job-creation … Continued
November 21, 2008