Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

David Leonhardt: Obama Infrastructure Stimulus Lacks Reformist Spirit (NYT) Oberstar and Summers Had Shouting Match Over Transit Funding (The Takeaway) American Society of Civil Engineers Gives National Infrastructure a “D” Readers Respond with Ideas on How to Spend Measure R (Daily News) DOT Boss Robinson Asks for Cooperation at Neighborhood Council Meeting (CityWatch) Metro Testing … Continued

By Damien Newton

9:09 AM PST on January 28, 2009

David Leonhardt: Obama Infrastructure Stimulus Lacks Reformist Spirit (NYT)
Oberstar and Summers Had Shouting Match Over Transit Funding (The Takeaway)
American Society of Civil Engineers Gives National Infrastructure a “D”
Readers Respond with Ideas on How to Spend Measure R (Daily News)
DOT Boss Robinson Asks for Cooperation at Neighborhood Council Meeting (CityWatch)
Metro Testing Gold Line Eastside Extension (LAist)
Construction Glitch Sets Back South Ferry Station Opening a Few Weeks (News)
Arizona Sheriff Wants to Turn Light Rail Line Into Prison Transport (ABC Phoenix)
California Laws Not Strong Enough to Deter Traffic Violence (Streetsblog SF)
Jimmy Carter, 84, Loves to Ride His Bike (Reno Rambler via Streetsblog.net)

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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