Today’s Headlines
State Lawmakers Reach Framework on Budget Deal (Times) Final Stim Deal: Transit Funding Disappoints; Big Boost for HSR (AP via Transport Politic) Pasadena Grades Its Streets, How Fast Are Cars Moving? (LANow) City Council Backs Moratorium on Electronic BillBoards (Times) Free Transit as Economic Stimulus (MarketWatch via Yglesias) Ryan Avent on Neighborhood Sprawl vs. Regional … Continued
7:52 AM PST on February 12, 2009
- State Lawmakers Reach Framework on Budget Deal (Times)
- Final Stim Deal: Transit Funding Disappoints; Big Boost for HSR (AP via Transport Politic)
- Pasadena Grades Its Streets, How Fast Are Cars Moving? (LANow)
- City Council Backs Moratorium on Electronic BillBoards (Times)
- Free Transit as Economic Stimulus (MarketWatch via Yglesias)
- Ryan Avent on Neighborhood Sprawl vs. Regional Sprawl
- What Does ‘Density’ Look Like? (hugeasscity via Streetsblog.net)
- Serious Bike-Share — 75 Stations — Planned for Minneapolis (MN Daily via Grist)
- LAist: Bike Path Cleaned Up “For Now”
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