Today’s Headlines
Legislature Still One Vote Short of Budget Deal (Times) Bill Clinton and Villaraigosa Celebrate City’s Eco-Friendly Traffic Lights (Daily News) 5th District Council Candidates Talk Congestion, Transit (Times) Major Developments Now Advertise Their Car Parking (Bus Bench) Whittier’s Two Week Old Greenway So Popular, It’s Time to Extend Again (Whittier Daily News) Santa Monicans United … Continued
8:23 AM PST on February 17, 2009
- Legislature Still One Vote Short of Budget Deal (Times)
- Bill Clinton and Villaraigosa Celebrate City’s Eco-Friendly Traffic Lights (Daily News)
- 5th District Council Candidates Talk Congestion, Transit (Times)
- Major Developments Now Advertise Their Car Parking (Bus Bench)
- Whittier’s Two Week Old Greenway So Popular, It’s Time to Extend Again (Whittier Daily News)
- Santa Monicans United in Calling for Colorado Ave. Option for Expo (Lookout News)
- What If Portland Had Been Overrun by Freeways? (BikePortland via Streetsblog.net)
- Bike Theft Really Getting Out of Control, Lance Armstrong’s Bike Stolen During Amgen Tour (CNN)
- Angels Flight Will Re-Open “Soon” (LAist)
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