Today’s Headlines
Trial Begins On Disability Activists’ Lawsuit Against Caltrans Alleging ADA Sidewalk Violations (LAT) Oakland City Council to Consider Reversing New Parking Policies (Oak Tribune, East Bay Express) Press Democrat Interviews a Few Drivers and Gets a “Mixed Reaction” on Increased Parking Fines Boy Stabbed on Muni Bus Takes His First Walk Outside the Hospital (CBS … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:36 AM PDT on September 17, 2009
- Trial Begins On Disability Activists’ Lawsuit Against Caltrans Alleging ADA Sidewalk Violations (LAT)
- Oakland City Council to Consider Reversing New Parking Policies (Oak Tribune, East Bay Express)
- Press Democrat Interviews a Few Drivers and Gets a “Mixed Reaction” on Increased Parking Fines
- Boy Stabbed on Muni Bus Takes His First Walk Outside the Hospital (CBS 5)
- Two Men Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Cell Phones from Muni Passengers (CBS 5)
- More on the Debate Over Where to Locate a Terminus for the 2-Clement (SF Gate)
- “Enforcement and Education Operation” Targets Santa Rosa Bicyclists, Motorists (Press Democrat)
- In Mercury News Op-Ed, Gubernatorial Hopeful Meg Whitman Blasts Ca. Emissions Law and CEQA
- Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton at Center of Corruption Investigation for Ties With Shell (LAT)
- British Company Pitches PRT in Mountain View (Mountain View Voice)
- Amtrak to Bend Over Backwards for Gun-Carrying Passengers, Thanks to Senate Vote (DC Examiner)
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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