Today’s Headlines

• Behold! Metro unveiled two new platforms serving Metrolink and Amtrak at Union Station yesterday (The Source)
• Do you like Goonies? How about streetcars downtown? This might be your weekend (Downtown News)
• Turning land at east edge of downtown into hub for green jobs and cleantech companies proves challenging (Downtown News)
• Should I stay or should I go? LaHood seems to be weighing the options (Politico)
• Mapping the potential for solar power on every roof (Atlantic Cities)
• Want to know more about the historical relationship between securing access to oil and foreign policy? Feeling nerdy? Check out the release of govt. documents from the Energy Crisis (1974 – 80) (U.S. Dept. of State)
• 7 plans for turning parking spaces into parks (L.A. Curbed)
• A TOD site anchored by a car dealership? Only in L.A. (L.A. Curbed)
• A housing development that puts cyclists and pedestrians first? Only in Echo Park. (The Architect’s Newspaper)

More headlines available at Streetsblog Capitol Hill