Today’s Headlines

It’s Official, Measure R Passes (Bottleneck Blog, Daily News, LAist)
People Not Abandoning Gas Saving Habits (Times)
Gas Prices at 2005 Levels (Ventura County Star)
Why Don’t People Think Riding the Bus is Eco-Cool? (Bus Bench)
More on the Mammoth, Time-Wasting Enviro Review of SF’s Bike Plan (Bay Guardian)
Thousands of Big Three Dealerships May Fold With or Without a Detroit Bailout (NYT)
Streetsblog Readers Want to Know: Were Horses Deadlier Than Cars? (Paper Cuts, Caleb Crain)
Buffy the Bike Rider (TreeHugger)

Dan Wentzel

According to the L.A. Times Bottleneck Blog (which is folding into L.A. Now, so Metrorider is needed more than ever):

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“The Los Angeles County registrar finished counting ballots on Friday, and here’s the final line score for Measure R, the half-cent sales tax increase for transportation projects — including the start of the Westside subway extension — in Los Angeles County:

Yes: 2,039,214 votes, 67.93%

No: 962,569 votes, 32.07%

Measure R needed two-thirds votes to pass, meaning it won by a raw vote total of about 37,000 votes. The county Board of Supervisors is scheduled to declare the results official at its meeting on Tuesday.”

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Woo hoo! With all the hurdles this had to overcome it truly makes me happy. Los Angeles has voted for and invested in its future.

This is just tremendous!