Today’s Headlines
Deal Reached on Stimulus; House-Senate Negotiations Imminent (NYT, HuffPo, News) Where the House and Senate Stim Bills Differ on Transit (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net) Senate Gives Handout to Auto Industry While Shortchanging Transit (Globe) SacBee: Transit Cuts Will Hurt Riders and Air Quality Caltrans Cuts Could Cost Cali 70,000 Jobs (SGV Tribune) Blumenauer: Republicans Attack … Continued
9:04 AM PST on February 9, 2009
- Deal Reached on Stimulus; House-Senate Negotiations Imminent (NYT, HuffPo, News)
- Where the House and Senate Stim Bills Differ on Transit (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- Senate Gives Handout to Auto Industry While Shortchanging Transit (Globe)
- SacBee: Transit Cuts Will Hurt Riders and Air Quality
- Caltrans Cuts Could Cost Cali 70,000 Jobs (SGV Tribune)
- Blumenauer: Republicans Attack Bike Infrastructure at Their Own Peril (HuffPo)
- Recovery Plan Should Favor Transit and Mixed-Use Development (Clawback)
- The Colorful Saga of LA’s First Transit Tunnel (Times)
- Time for Government to Step In on Angel’s Flight (Blogdowntown)
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