Today’s Headlines
NRDC: Are We Serious About Reducing Congestion, Or Just Serious About Building Highways? NPR: Warning, Public Almost Always Snookered in Stadium Deals Praise for Metrolinkg CEO John Fenton (LAT) Class War Canceled, Majority of Rodeo Drive Merchants Back Subway (LAT via Curbed) City Ready to Break Ground on Spring Street Park (Downtown News) Federal Budget … Continued
9:05 AM PDT on August 8, 2011
- NRDC: Are We Serious About Reducing Congestion, Or Just Serious About Building Highways?
- NPR: Warning, Public Almost Always Snookered in Stadium Deals
- Praise for Metrolinkg CEO John Fenton (LAT)
- Class War Canceled, Majority of Rodeo Drive Merchants Back Subway (LAT via Curbed)
- City Ready to Break Ground on Spring Street Park (Downtown News)
- Federal Budget Crisis Gives Brown a “Way Out”of High Speed Rail Debate (SacBee)
- Molina, Ridley-Thomas, Pushing for Major Re-Shuffle of Supervisors Board Districts (LAT)
- “If you think there’s been a lot of cycling fatalities this year, you’re right.” (Biking In L.A.)
- CNT Busts “Drive Until You Qualify” Myth (Streetsblog Cap. Hill)
- NY’s Summer Streets Draws Big Crowds For First Weekend (CBS)
- Don’t Worry About the Imminent Collapse of the Global Economy: Gas Prices Fell This Week (Daily News)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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