Today’s Headlines
NYT Op-Ed: No Need to Conserve, Chicken Little; There’s Plenty of Oil Out There Despite Massive Cuts Statewide, Legislators Find Cash to Give Raises to Their Staff (Daily News) Bicycle Fixation Makes the Business Case for Bike Facilities (LA Business Journal) Creak Freak Makes the Water Case for Bike Facilities Rustic LA County Communities “The … Continued
8:17 AM PDT on August 25, 2009
- NYT Op-Ed: No Need to Conserve, Chicken Little; There’s Plenty of Oil Out There
- Despite Massive Cuts Statewide, Legislators Find Cash to Give Raises to Their Staff (Daily News)
- Bicycle Fixation Makes the Business Case for Bike Facilities (LA Business Journal)
- Creak Freak Makes the Water Case for Bike Facilities
- Rustic LA County Communities “The Lakes” Fear Approaching Development (Times)
- Auto Industry Wonders About Sales Post-Clunkers (Daily News)
- Cutting School Buses a Bad Idea (Moderate Voice)
- Looking for Bike Parking Around the World (WashCycle via Streetsblog.net)
- Cycling Medics Save Time, and Lives, in London (Daily Kos)
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