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Posts from the "Today’s Headlines" Category
by Bryan Goebel
- BART Board Will Not Raise Fares This Year to Balance Its Budget (KCBS)
- And It's Questioning the Independent Shooting Investigation (Merc, ABC7)
- NIMBY Complaints Over Peninsula HSR Line Continue (CHSRB, VTA Watch)
- Sausalito Launches Study on How to Improve Bike Facilities (Marin IJ)
- Bike, Pedestrian Improvements Planned on Palo Alto's Oregon Expressway (Palo Alto Daily)
- Report: Better Ped/Bike Infrastructure Can Prevent Cancer (Examiner via Streetsblog.net)
- Caltrain Celebrates $35 Million Palo Alto Station Revamp (Merc)
- Obama Budget Includes Revenue From Carbon Auctions (Grist, WaPo, Green Inc)
- Revised Plan Released for Presidio Main Post (SF Gate, SF Citizen)
- Mountain View Gets Bicycle-Friendly Award (SVBC)
by Bryan Goebel
- Former Oak Trib Reporter Dies from Injuries Suffered in N-Judah Crash (Merc)
- Muni Bus Crashes into Light Poles, Building (ABC7)
- Obama Tells Mayors Not to Waste Stimulus Money (Sac Bee)
- Transpo Secretary Considering VMT Tax, More Highway, Bridge Tolls (AP, Yglesias)
- Bronx Burrough President to Head White House Urban Affairs Office (WaPo, News, The Caucus)
- HSR Authority Agrees to Extend Public Comment for SF to SJ Line (Merc)
- What's Next for High Speed Rail Stimulus Funds? (NYT)
- SF Rec and Parks Commish Okays Plan to Install 2,000 Parking Meters (SF Gate)
- Road Diets on the Way in St. Louis (Urban Review STL via Streetsblog.net)
by Bryan Goebel
- New York's Schumer Supports $5 Billion More for Transit in Stimulus (NYT)
- Stimulus for the 'Next American Dream' (SF Gate)
- Auto Industry to Court Obama Adminstration, Barbara Boxer at DC Car Show (Detroit News)
- BART Deal to Provide WiFi Systemwide for $30 a Month, $300 a Year (SF Gate, CNET)
- Parking Fees Go Up Today at Three BART Peninsula Stations (Merc)
- Electricians 'Lapse' Likely Caused Last Spring's BART Fire (Merc)
- Samtrans Begins Fare Hikes (KCBS, Coco Times)
- More on the Money Woes at Bay Area Transit Agencies (Merc)
- Report Urges Seattle's Sound Transit to More Closely Monitor Costs (Seattle PI)
- Real Estate Speculators Want to Raise City's Condo Conversion Cap (Beyond Chron)
by Bryan Goebel
- BART Shooting Investigation Troubled From the Beginning (SF Gate)
- AC Transit Considers Raising Fares by 25 Cents (SF Gate, Coco Times)
- SF Mayor's Train Box Statement Draws Concern from AC Transit President (SF Gate)
- Tesla Motors Dumps Plan to Build Auto Plant in San Jose (Merc)
- Envisioning a Future Interstate Rail Network (The Transport Politic via Streetsblog Network)
- Countering the Peninsula NIMBY Opposition to High Speed Rail (CHSRB)
- The N-Judah's Wild Wednesday (N-Judah Chronicles)
- Progress on Portland's First Locally Produced Streetcar (Portland Transport)
- High School Students Create New Walking Tour of SF (ABC7)
- Sac Bee: "The Fixie Is In"
by Bryan Goebel
- House Set to Vote on Stimulus (Merc, TPMDC)
- Jerry Nadler's Transit Amendment Will Also Reach House Floor (T4America via Streetsblog Network)
- NYT's John Leonhardt Says Stimulus Lacks "Fresh, Reformist Thinking"
- Will California's High-Speed Rail Project See Stimulus Money? (Daily Californian)
- Muni Deficit May Stall Improvements (SF Gate)
- More on Tom Radulovich's Call for the BART GM to Resign (Coco Times)
- Novato Looks to Spruce Up Its Downtown (Marin IJ)
- 9-year-old Becomes 4th Hit-And-Run Victim in San Jose (NBC11)
by Bryan Goebel
- Former BART Officer Arrested on Murder Charges; More Protests Planned (Merc, SFGate)
- Looming Deficit has BART Looking at Service Cuts, Fare Increases (SFGate)
- And the Lean Budget Times Extend to All Transit Agencies, Including Sacramento (Sac Bee)
- Google Maps Visualize Transit Lines (The Transport Politic)
- Shovel-Ready Mass Transit: The Nation Talks to a Chicago Transit Official (The Nation)
- Financier Steven Rattner Likely 'Car Czar' (NYT)
- Business-First Ideology Clouding State Budget Negotiations? (Coco Times)
- "Rougher Roads Lie Ahead" for SF's New Progressive Supes Majority (SFBG)
- Concord Approves Plan for Former Military Base (Coco Times)
- SFBG: "Streetsblog Throws An Edgy Curve into San Francisco Bicycle Coverage"
- Spain's High Speed Rail "Revolution in Travel Habits" (Guardian UK via CHSPRB)
