Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
8:22 AM PDT on August 19, 2009
- Cabbies Demand New Laws at City Hall Protest (Times, blogdowntown)
- Help Pick the Next Chief of Police (LAist)
- Northeast L.A. Not Buying That 710 Study Is “Route Neutral” Either (Curbed)
- Car Clips Building and Pedestrian Before Crashing Into Building (LAist)
- State Raises Fees for Parking at Parks, Beaches (Daily News)
- San Pedro Parking Lot Getting Makeover to Pedestrian Plaza (Daily Breeze)
- American Cities Start Getting Serious About Bike Parking (Slate)
- Knicks G Nate Robinson Arrested for Driving Without a License; LOLZ Ensue (Post, News)
- A Road to Somewhere: Byrne’s Bike Book Tour Coming to L.A. (Irish Times)
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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