- 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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