Today’s Headlines
Cyclists Claim Rights to Bike “Festival of Lights” (Soap Box) Auto VMT Still Dropping Nationwide… (New Republic) …Transit Ridership Also in Decline (USA Today) Last Decade Saw Radical Changes in Downtown Culture, Night Life, Streets (Downtown News) More on the FEIR for Expo (SM Daily Press, KPCC) BRT Is Changing Urban Design Throughout Latin America … Continued
5:16 AM PST on December 21, 2009
- Cyclists Claim Rights to Bike “Festival of Lights” (Soap Box)
- Auto VMT Still Dropping Nationwide… (New Republic)
- …Transit Ridership Also in Decline (USA Today)
- Last Decade Saw Radical Changes in Downtown Culture, Night Life, Streets (Downtown News)
- More on the FEIR for Expo (SM Daily Press, KPCC)
- BRT Is Changing Urban Design Throughout Latin America (Brazil Mag.)
- Too Many Cyclists on “Wrong Side of Road,” Fatalities Up in Long Beach (Press Telegram)
- Another Blog Picks Up the “L.A. Isn’t White Enough for Good Biking” Comment (MetBlogs)
- Police Seek Help Finding Hit and Run Driver in Sun Valley (My Fox LA)
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