Today’s Headlines
Have a good President's Day Everyone, See You Tomorrow!
9:12 AM PST on February 16, 2009
- Armageddon Delayed: No Deal Yet on State Budget (Times)
- Stimulus Great News for SF-LA High Speed Rail (Press Enterprise)
- Highway Expansions: Not Compatible With a Green Recovery (NPR)
- Obama: No Car Czar for Detroit Restructuring (NYT)
- Metro’s Light Rail Car Purchases a National Controversy (NYT, LA Observed, Daily News)
- Ped Advocates in Pune, India Protest Unsafe Streets (New Mobility Thinkpad via Streetsblog.net)
- Santa Clarita Velo Hosts 100-Mile Tour of SC (KHTS)
Have a good President’s Day Everyone, See You Tomorrow!
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