Today’s Headlines
Exxon: America’s Thirst for Gasoline Has Peaked (WSJ) California Eliminates Transit, Expands Freeways (Planetizen) Expansion of I-10 Set to Begin Soon (SGV Tribune) California Adopts 57 Road Projects to Stand In-Line for Federal Funds (Times) Metro Not Spending Anything to Explain TAP Changes to Bus Riders (Bus Bench) LA “Hardest City to Get By” (Forbes) … Continued
8:05 AM PDT on April 15, 2009
- Exxon: America’s Thirst for Gasoline Has Peaked (WSJ)
- California Eliminates Transit, Expands Freeways (Planetizen)
- Expansion of I-10 Set to Begin Soon (SGV Tribune)
- California Adopts 57 Road Projects to Stand In-Line for Federal Funds (Times)
- Metro Not Spending Anything to Explain TAP Changes to Bus Riders (Bus Bench)
- LA “Hardest City to Get By” (Forbes)
- Gas Prices Rising (Times)
- The Bike Commute Benefit: At Least It’s a Good Symbol (City Room)
- Midwest Govs Ask for $3.5B in High-Speed Rail Stim Funds (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- Tufts Researchers Study Health Risks of Living Near Freeways (Globe via Planetizen)
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