Today’s Headlines
Note: I just talked to a consultant’s for BHUSD who wanted me to clarify that contrary to what I reported in yesterday’s story poking the Beverly Hills Courier, Metro’s geology/seismology team spent more than one weekend on campus, and was actually there for seven different days. Not enough to do a trench study, but more … Continued
8:06 AM PST on January 10, 2012
Note: I just talked to a consultant’s for BHUSD who wanted me to clarify that contrary to what I reported in yesterday’s story poking the Beverly Hills Courier, Metro’s geology/seismology team spent more than one weekend on campus, and was actually there for seven different days. Not enough to do a trench study, but more than a weekend. This paragraph also appears as an update on yesterday’s story.
- City Grapples with Fines or Licenses for Street Vendors (New York Times)
- Great Piece on LASB Board Member/Contributor James Rojas (LAT)
- Officials Scramble to Figure Out Post CRA World (Daily News)
- Zev Rips State of City Streets in Speech to Insiders (LA Observed)
- High Speed Rail Abandons Grapevine Route Through Santa Clarita Valley, Again (LAT)
- Bicycle Theft Surging Locally (Pasadena Star-News)
- It Might Be a “Duh” To Us…Study Shows Painted Bike Lanes Safer for ALL Road Users (NYC Sblog)
- Brown Budget Separates Housing, Transportation Agencies (CP&DR)
- New Light Rail Station Opens in Downtown Sacramento (SacBee)
- As Recently as 2005, Rick Santorum Was a Transit Hero (Transportation Nation)
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