Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

7 Lessons in Bike Activism (Westside BikeSIDE) Don’t Expect to See Grade Separated Light Rail in South L..A. Anytime Soon (CityWatch) Metrolink Completes Ped. Upgrades in Glendale (Progressive Railroading) 118 Widening Completed Ahead of Schedule (Ventura County Star) Virginia DOT Tries Zig-Zag Pavement Paint Job to Calm Traffic (WashCycle via Streetsblog.net) Newsom Running For Gov. … Continued

By Damien Newton

7:51 AM PDT on April 22, 2009

7 Lessons in Bike Activism (Westside BikeSIDE)
Don’t Expect to See Grade Separated Light Rail in South L..A. Anytime Soon (CityWatch)
Metrolink Completes Ped. Upgrades in Glendale (Progressive Railroading)
118 Widening Completed Ahead of Schedule (Ventura County Star)
Virginia DOT Tries Zig-Zag Pavement Paint Job to Calm Traffic (WashCycle via Streetsblog.net)
Newsom Running For Gov. Antonio Next? (Times)
Portland’s New Climate Action Plan Calls for Drastically Less Driving by 2050 (Portland Transport)
The Impact of Bicyclists in U.S. Cities (Seattle PI via Planetizen)

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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