Today’s Headlines
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8:23 AM PST on December 18, 2009
- Metro, Pols, Making the Case for Connector in Congress (The Source, LAist)
- Metrolink Will Receive Crash-Resistant Cars Next Month (Times)
- It Could Be Worse. Average Commute in China is Twice as Long as in U.S. (Economist)
- Burbank City Council Approves Bike Plan (Glendale News Press)
- California Only State Where Auto-Loan Payments Aren’t Decreasing (KCBS)
- Video: First Day of Service on Silver Line (The Source)
- Walkable Development: The Most Direct Route to Curbing Auto Emissions (Globe)
- Remember the Hathaway/Bike Crash Story? Turns Out the Cyclist Was Paparazzi (Bike Radar)
- Crash on Sunset Injures Two Peds., Driver (KPCC)
- Gotta Love Syndication: Gottlieb’s Bike Op/Ed Appears in Delaware Newspaper (Delaware Online)
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