Today’s Headlines
House Passes Stimulus Bill in Party Line Vote (NYT) More on Nadler’s $3 Billion Transit Amendment (Daily Politics, WSJ) Why Not Double Transit Portion of Stimulus? (Philly Inquirer) Santa Barbara Columnist Goes on Vicious Attack Against Traffic Calming (Daily Sound) Seattle to Park Bikes Instead of Cars in Some On-Street Spots (Orphan Road via Streetsblog.net) … Continued
9:24 AM PST on January 29, 2009
- House Passes Stimulus Bill in Party Line Vote (NYT)
- More on Nadler’s $3 Billion Transit Amendment (Daily Politics, WSJ)
- Why Not Double Transit Portion of Stimulus? (Philly Inquirer)
- Santa Barbara Columnist Goes on Vicious Attack Against Traffic Calming (Daily Sound)
- Seattle to Park Bikes Instead of Cars in Some On-Street Spots (Orphan Road via Streetsblog.net)
- Two Die in Head on Collision on I-10 (Times)
- Wrong Way Driver, Police Officer, Die in Head on Crash (Daily News)
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