Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
7:53 AM PDT on July 15, 2013
- Some Basic Coverage of the Demonstrations, Much More Later (LAT, HuffPo, Daily News)
- Feds Pull Plug on Loan Application for Xpress HSR to Vegas (CAHSR Blog, Curbed)
- Fake Libertarians Who Baselessly Slandered the Project Celebrate (Heritage, National Review)
- Supporters Say Application Isn’t Dead (Victorville Press, KSNBC-Vegas)
- NYT Looks at Ride Share Controversy in L.A., Quotes SBLA Board Chair Juan Matute
- Groups Want to Make Sure Black Contractors Get Jobs on Crenshaw (OurWeekly)
- Economist Argues NIMBY’s Are Killing LA by Stunting Its Growth (LAT)
- The Caines’ Arcade Kid Is Opening a Bike Shop (NBC4)
- Back to the Shop for Pasadena Bike Plan…Apparently, Its Not Progressive Enough (Star-News)
- The Source Is Really Excited About Bike Trains, and the People Who Lead Them (One, Two)
- “The Sky Will Fall” on Santa Barbara Bus Riders (SB Independent)
- PA Teens Rescue Kidnapped Child After Chasing Down Car on Their Bikes (Daily Mail)
- I-5 Freeway Fire Could Give SGV Its Own Carmageddon (LAT, Daily News)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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