Today’s Headlines
More headlines and SOTU links at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
8:42 AM PST on January 27, 2011
- Metro Responds to Obama’s State of the Union (The Source)
- Auto Industry Claims California Car Sales Rose by 13 Percent (Mercury News)
- Alternative HSR Route, LA-SD Gains Traction (SD Union-Tribune)
- Majority of Californians Approve of Gov.’s Plan to Close Defeciet, Including Keeping Vehicle Fees (Daily News)
- Epstein: 30/10 Needs to Go After Wall Street and Cap. Hill (HuffPo)
- Bev. Hills Residents Overwhelmingly Support Free Parking Measure (Curbed)
- Did 2010 Seem Hot? It Was the Second Hottest Year on Record (NYT Green Blog)
- Why Do Some Republicans Hate Transit So Much? (The Transport Politic)
- iPod Bans: Legislation Against “Distracted Walking” Now a Trend (NYT via Sblog NY)
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