Today’s Headlines
A Different View on Gov.’s Stimulus Letter to Obama (SF Streetsblog) Metrolink Safety Report: Board Needs to Know More About Metrolink (LA Now) Metro Seems Unprepared for Long Range Plan Criticism (Metblogs) Four Year Battle Against Home Depot Succeeds in Sunland (Daily News, LAist) Congestion Pricing: Great for Drivers (Freakonomics) CICLE Launches Program in Bike … Continued
8:30 AM PST on January 8, 2009
- A Different View on Gov.’s Stimulus Letter to Obama (SF Streetsblog)
- Metrolink Safety Report: Board Needs to Know More About Metrolink (LA Now)
- Metro Seems Unprepared for Long Range Plan Criticism (Metblogs)
- Four Year Battle Against Home Depot Succeeds in Sunland (Daily News, LAist)
- Congestion Pricing: Great for Drivers (Freakonomics)
- CICLE Launches Program in Bike Maintenance/Management (Bike Radar)
- Congressman Eric Massa Enters the Annals of Absurd Future-Car Stunts (Wheels)
- Building a Culture of Bus Riding (Santa Rosa City Bus via Streetsblog.net)
- 2008 a Boom Year for Passenger Rail (Starts and Fits)
- Metro Transit Monitors Already Breaking Down (Bus Bench)
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