Today’s Headlines
If you were away last week, check out our two-part interview with Mayor Villaraigosa: "Building a New Transportation System" and "The Subway Mayor Triumphant"
9:36 AM PDT on July 30, 2012
If you were away last week, check out our two-part interview with Mayor Villaraigosa: “Building a New Transportation System” and “The Subway Mayor Triumphant“
- “Renegade Bike Race Goes Mainstream,” a Review of Saturday’s Wolfpack Hustle (LAT)
- Reviews Positive for Grand Park Opening (LAT, LAT, City Watch, Curbed)
- Antonovich Gets All the Good Pressers. First Tickets for Foster Kids, Now Late Night Trains (The Source)
- Transportation Committee Slashes Meters in San Pedro Business District (LAT)
- Caltrans Says 710 Expansion in Long Beach Good for Environment. Everyone Laughs. (Bay Citizen, NC Times)
- “Shoestring Budget,” Urban Mag. Looks Askance at Hollywood Plan (City Journal)
- What’s Next for the Bullett Train? (Transportation Nation)
- Berkeley Profs.: High Speed Rail Good for CA (Daily Californian)
- Holmby Hills Wants to Secede from LA to Bev. Hills. Cites Potholes, Sidewalks (LAT)
- Op/Ed: Bike Licenses Would Make Streets Safer for Bikes, By Placating Jerk Drivers (CoCo Times)
- Critical Mass Arrests in London as Cyclists Clash with Olympics (AP)
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