Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
4:55 AM PDT on August 22, 2012
- Blast from NYC Subway Construction Breaks Windows Above Ground (NYT)
- Westside Subway Construction Will Not Involve Explosive Blasts (The Source)
- More on the Seal/Long Beach Transit Fight. Could 405 Expansion Be Part of Rift? (KCET)
- Bike Nation/Long Beach Agree to 2,500 Bicycle Bike Share Program (Press Release)
- Big Blue Bus Offers $1 Fares to Culver City Expo Stop (Patch)
- Meanwhile, Culver City Station Signs on Venice Already Vandalized (Streetsblog LITE)
- At Least Everyone Can Get a Laugh at the Reason Foundation’s Expo Critique (Transit US)
- Time for Caltrans to Sell the 710 Houses (SGV Tribune)
- Draft Enviro. Docs Released for Foothill Extension Between Azusa and Montclair (The Source)
- Will Council Resolution Against Big Box Stores Even Stop Chinatown Wal Mart? (LAT)
- WeHo Getting Permanent Rainbow Crosswalk (Patch via Curbed)
- Orange County Transportation Taxes Coming Up Short (Register)
- City Considering Increase in Parking Taxes (Daily News)
- Long Beach North? San Jose Looks to Create NorCal’s Most Bike Friendly Downtown (Streetsblog SF)
- Bike Theft Victim Starts Flickr Group For Bikes Seen at Flea Markets (Cyclelicious)
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