Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Damien Newton

7:53 AM PDT on September 3, 2009

Shared Streets, Big City: In Experiment, London Will Shut Down Traffic Lights (Wheels)
Gov. Gives HSR P.R. Contract to Connected Firm (Times)
The Penalty for Hitting a Pedestrian Than Kidnapping Her? Five Years (CBS)
One Year Later: Is Metrolink Safer? (VC Reporter)
NPR Considers the Benefits of Multi-Modal Transit Networks
Poll Shows Krekorian, Galatzan Heading Towards Runoff (Daily News)
Duarte Handyman Killed While Biking (Pasadena Star-News)
Killing the Myth That Only Highway Projects Are Shovel Ready (DC Streetsblog)
Cleveland Transit Fares Rise for Second Time in Less Than a Year (Plain Dealer)

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