Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

(Enjoy Marin Luther King Day and the inauguration. I'll be posing on a curtailed schedule the next two days.)

By Damien Newton

8:41 AM PST on January 19, 2009

710 Tunnel Project Moving Forward (Times)
Enviro Groups: Stimulus Draft a Failure on Green Transportation (TPM)
Did Obama Team, Reid and Pelosi Shortchange Transit? (Grist)
Oberstar Pins It on Outgoing U.S. DOT Staff (Open Left)
I-15 Expansion Threatened by Budget Cuts (North County Times)
Metered Parking Coming to Venice (Curbed)
LAX Chief Wants Trains to Come to Airport (Daily Breeze)
Non-Profit Looks to Ease Congestion (LA Business Journal)
DC Mayor: Pedicabs the ‘Official Vehicle’ of Inauguration (AustinBikeBlog via Streetsblog.net)
The Inauguration as Car-Free Experiment (Obamathon Man)

(Enjoy Marin Luther King Day and the inauguration. I’ll be posing on a curtailed schedule the next two days.)

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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