Today’s Headlines
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7:36 AM PDT on July 7, 2011
- Metro Secures Major Federal Loan, $640 Million, for Westside Subway (The Source, The Source again, Curbed)
- But Highway Expansion for O.C., Inland Empire Not Funded (P-E)
- HOT Lanes Construction Gets Underway Today (LAT, KTLA, LA Weekly)
- The Bridge to Nowhere Behind Carmageddon (Jewish Journal)
- Dennis Zine Announces Candidacy for Comptroller (LAT, Daily News)
- Controversy Over City Council Sub-Committees and the Brown Act (Daily News)
- The New York Times Debates Whether or Not Carmageddon Is Silly (NYT)
- The Source Reports on ABC 7’s Report on Crowd Sourcing v. Carmageddon
- Streets With Bike Lanes Improve Safety for All Users (Planetizen via Bike Portland)
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