Today’s Headlines

9:15 AM PDT on July 16, 2009

Largest BART Union to Vote on Contract Offer Today (SF Gate, SF Examiner)
Despite Court Ruling, State Funding for Public Transit May Still Be Far Off (Sac News & Review)
Muni Working On "Wide Ranging Strategy" to Deal with Fare Evasion (SF Gate)
SMART Board Votes to Go With Heavier American-Made Rail Cars (Press Democrat)
U.S. Looks to Japan, Europe and Canada for Private Investment in High-Speed Rail (Reuters)
SF Examiner: "Glen Park Boom Clogging Streets"
Transbay Blog Examines Downtown Berkeley Development Plan
California Traffic Deaths Drop to an All-Time Low (Sac Bee)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Urges Lawmakers to Raise the Gas Tax (WaPo)
Bike Advocate Bruce Rosar Struck and Killed By Driver in NC (DC Examiner via Streetsblog.net)
Bicyclists Fretting Loss of Parking Meter Poles (AP)

Bryan Goebel is a reporter at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. A veteran journalist and writer, he helped launch Streetsblog SF in 2009 and served as editor for three years. He lives car-free in the Castro District.

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