Today’s Headlines

7:30 AM PDT on May 18, 2009

Metrolink Approves 3% Rate Hike (Ventura County Star)
Tom Vanderbilt: Why Trains Run Slower Than in the 1920's (Slate)
George Will Goes Off on Ray LaHood for Promoting Transportation Choices (Newsweek)
What Makes a City Bike Friendly? Ask Davis, CA (Wired)
Fixed-Gear Culture Finds Home in Venice (Times)
Bratton Threatens Less Cops to Councilmen Voting Against Increased Funding (Daily News)
More on the LAPD's Handling of Hummer v Bike (Mikey Walley, Brayj Against the Machine, Metblogs)
Designing Streets for Cars Doesn't Help the Elderly and Disabled (Cap'n Transit via Streetsblog.net)
Visit Los Angeles! With It's Thriving Transit, Pedestrian and Bike Culture (Seattle Times)
Metro Re-Thinking How to Use Private Security After Series of Beatings (Times)
Profile Photog Contest Winners! (Streetsblog)
How I'm Voting for Transportation Tomorrow (Street Heat)

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