Today’s Headlines
Fiscal Crisis Complicates State’s Enviro. Goals (NYT) Report on Expo Phase II Meeting at Cheviot (Curbed) City Considering Privatizing Parking Meters (Times, Daily News) Obama Calls for Carbon Cap, Fuel-Efficient Cars in Address to Congress (Grist) Autopia Publishes a Plea to End Auto Dependence Traffic on the Westside Only Getting Worse (Examiner) How Should Stim … Continued
9:43 AM PST on February 25, 2009
- Fiscal Crisis Complicates State’s Enviro. Goals (NYT)
- Report on Expo Phase II Meeting at Cheviot (Curbed)
- City Considering Privatizing Parking Meters (Times, Daily News)
- Obama Calls for Carbon Cap, Fuel-Efficient Cars in Address to Congress (Grist)
- Autopia Publishes a Plea to End Auto Dependence
- Traffic on the Westside Only Getting Worse (Examiner)
- How Should Stim Funding for High-Speed Rail Be Spent? (NPR)
- LaHood Hints at Greater Federal Support for Urban Transit Systems (TOW)
- Arizona to Consider Idaho-Style ‘Rolling Stop’ for Cyclists (Tucson Bike Lawyer via Streetsblog.net)
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