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
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)
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