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Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton

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)

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