Today’s Headlines
State Selling Gov. Autographed Cars to Raise Money (Times) Supe Antonovich Makes Case for Desert Xpress High Speed Train to Vegas (Daily News) CA Applies for $1.1 Billion of HSR Funds (CAHSR) SUV Driver Won’t Hang Up Phone or Slow Down Before Turning. Kills One, Maims Three Others (CaymanMama) Santa Monice Pier Turns 100 (Times) … Continued
7:53 AM PDT on August 26, 2009
- State Selling Gov. Autographed Cars to Raise Money (Times)
- Supe Antonovich Makes Case for Desert Xpress High Speed Train to Vegas (Daily News)
- CA Applies for $1.1 Billion of HSR Funds (CAHSR)
- SUV Driver Won’t Hang Up Phone or Slow Down Before Turning. Kills One, Maims Three Others (CaymanMama)
- Santa Monice Pier Turns 100 (Times)
- SF Pushing Rail to Move Port’s Freight (SF Examiner)
- A Bloody, Violent (i.e. European) Ad About Texting While Driving (Bus Bench)
- Software Firms Tap the Market for Curbing Txting-While-Driving (WSJ)
- Seattle DOT Looking to Expand On-Street Bike Parking (Car Free Days via Streetsblog.net)
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