Today’s Headlines
Feds. to Mass Transit: Drop Dead (Salon) Westsiders Really Can’t Think of Life without Their Cars (Times) It’s Open Season on Tim Rutten’s Moronic Congestion Pricing Column (City Watch) Local Councilman with Regional Appointments Conflicted Over 710 Tunnel (Glendale News Press) Ped. Killed Crossing the Street in NoHo (KTLA, Contra Costa Times) Writer Blames “Selfish … Continued
8:38 AM PDT on June 22, 2009
- Feds. to Mass Transit: Drop Dead (Salon)
- Westsiders Really Can’t Think of Life without Their Cars (Times)
- It’s Open Season on Tim Rutten’s Moronic Congestion Pricing Column (City Watch)
- Local Councilman with Regional Appointments Conflicted Over 710 Tunnel (Glendale News Press)
- Ped. Killed Crossing the Street in NoHo (KTLA, Contra Costa Times)
- Writer Blames “Selfish Cyclists” for Every Crash (Biking In LA)
- Philadelphia Officials Say “Parking Wars” Reality Show Is Bad for City’s Image (NYT)
- Where Are the Happy Suburban Stories? (Design New Haven via Streetsblog.net)
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