Today’s Headlines
MTA Officially Announces Leahy as CEO Later This Morning (LA Now) Biking In LA Declares Victory in Tuesday’s Election High Speed Rail in 2018? (LA Now) Hollywood Parents Want Crosswalk BEFORE Anyone Dies (City Watch) OC Planning to Spend Stimulus Funds to Widen Two Highways (Register) Santa Monicans Oppose Expo Maintenance Facility Opening in Their … Continued
8:08 AM PST on March 5, 2009
- MTA Officially Announces Leahy as CEO Later This Morning (LA Now)
- Biking In LA Declares Victory in Tuesday’s Election
- High Speed Rail in 2018? (LA Now)
- Hollywood Parents Want Crosswalk BEFORE Anyone Dies (City Watch)
- OC Planning to Spend Stimulus Funds to Widen Two Highways (Register)
- Santa Monicans Oppose Expo Maintenance Facility Opening in Their Neighborhood (SM Daily Press)
- A GM Town Recovers Without GM Jobs (NYT)
- The Trains in Spain Go Faster Than the Planes (NPR)
- For Congestion Reduction, a Small Drop in Driving Goes a Long Way (Yglesias)
- Edmonton Considers $100M, 10-Year Bike Plan (Hub and Spokes via Streetsblog.net)
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