Today’s Headlines
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8:41 AM PST on December 15, 2009
- 2,400 City Employees Prepare to Retire, Including 161 from LADOT (LAist)
- Californians Making Their Mark in Copenhagen (LA Now)
- Downtown Streetcar Receives Federal Cash, Wants More (blogdowntown)
- Extending CAHSR East to SLC, Denver, and Vegas (LAist)
- LAPD Planning Motorcycle Crackdown (Daily News)
- WeHo Could Be a Pedestrian Paradise with Some Leadership (WeHo News)
- Proposed Changes for Venice Boardwalk Would Restrict Street Performances (LA Now)
- Kentucky U.S. Senate Candidate Runs on Rail Plan (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- America’s “Love Affair” With the Automobile: The Thrill Is Gone (MNN)
- Someone Tell Washington: Feds to Require Nationwide Real-Time Traffic Info (Tennesseean)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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