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• Is car culture reaching its threshold? Freakonomics ponders.
• D.I.Y. bicyclist punks determined to make L.A. bike friendly, politicians be damned.
• Peter Gordon vs. Bart Reed: the congestion pricing battle rages on.
• Economists, and Obama, know that a gas-tax holiday is a joke.
• Black chicks in L.A.: if you wanna get your hair did, eventually you’re going to have to bus it to South Central.  Here’s how.

• Freeways are kind of like restaurants and kind of like government cheese. Either way, congestion pricing has the potential to at last put a price tag on road use.
• Bart Reed and Peter Gordon go at it again. This time they tackle the subway to the sea.
• Pasadena Star-News readers do not like congestion pricing.
• The U.S. Department of Transportation has started a blog!
• Are car-pool lanes fair? Regardless of whether they are priced or free?
• Metro is going back to court courtesy of Fix Expo!

• Commuter Benefits Programs work at getting people out of their cars and onto transit.
• Vélib-style bike sharing comes to the U.S. as Smart Bike DC… but will it work?
• Peter Gordon vs. Bart Reed on toll roads in L.A.
• The MetroMole looks at Metro’s maintenance mess.
• Travelers think L.A. is the worst, especially the public transportation.

• “God, deliver us from these high gas prices,” Twyman said.
• L.A. transit doesn’t have what it takes to attract wi-fi service providers.
• Take a look at the Coachella Express and its temporary platform in Indio.
• OMG this traffic totally sux! A native Valley Girl speaks out against L.A.’s car-culture.
• Diehard Metrolink riders just want some basic amenities.
• Plan transit with the future in mind to avoid the mistakes of the past.
• Is congestion pricing a gift to the rich?

• High gas prices cause people to give up more and more of their own lives to pay for their car. Drive to work and work to drive
• People are getting scared about the end of free freeways.
• A 70-year woman experiences the car-free life for the first time, and makes some startling revelations.
• Metro rejects cuts of Tier 1 bus service.
• Dodger Stadium is getting a facelift, but will transit play a part?
• Awesome: Hipsters ride Amtrak’s free Coachella Express to the Indio rock festival

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• Read this hilarious response to the MetroRider and Streetsblog letter to the editor regarding the Feuer legislation.
• Feds offer $213 million to fund HOT lanes in Los Angeles.
• The housing crisis stalls sprawl as consumers become acutely aware of the high price of a long commute.
• Clinton is with McCain on the Gas Tax Holiday.  Obama not so much.
• Good news! Metro considering service cuts, Metrolink looking at fare hikes.