Today’s Headlines
Automakers Come Back to Public Feed Trough for $14 Billion (SF Gate) (NYT) Obama Signs Stimulus Bill Into Law (NYT) The Politics Behind Obama’s Funding of High Speed Rail in Stim Package (Politico) Reaction to Politico Article at HSR Blog (CHSRB) Transpo Sec LaHood on How Stim Money Will Be Spent (Transportation for America) Good … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
9:56 AM PST on February 18, 2009
- Automakers Come Back to Public Feed Trough for $14 Billion (SF Gate) (NYT)
- Obama Signs Stimulus Bill Into Law (NYT)
- The Politics Behind Obama’s Funding of High Speed Rail in Stim Package (Politico)
- Reaction to Politico Article at HSR Blog (CHSRB)
- Transpo Sec LaHood on How Stim Money Will Be Spent (Transportation for America)
- Good Analysis of the David Brooks Editorial on Sprawl and Density (Joe Urban, Discovering Urbanism)
- Sac Bee Editorial Questioning the Move to Transform Planning and Design Commissions (Sac Bee)
- Muni Will Restore Right-Turn Beeping Noise (City Insider)
- Muni Seeks to Prevent Car Drivers From Entering Train Tunnels (Examiner)
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