Streetsblog San Francisco

• Muni Ridership Up Over 200 Percent for World Series Games (CityInsider)
• More on Supe Avalos’ Proposed Permits, Fees for Private Shuttles Using Muni Stops (SFGate)
• SFExam: Free Muni for Youth Plan is Best Use of One-Time MTC Funds
• SFPD Officers Allegedly Beat, Jail Well-Known Cyclist for Attempting to Observe Arrest (Uptown Almanac)
• Bay Bridge Construction Reaches Final Major Milestone (CBS)
• Redwood City’s Farm Hill Blvd. Road Diet Gets Mixed Response at Council Meeting (PeninsulaTranspo)
• Concord Bringing Free Shuttle Back to Monument Corridor After 3-Year Hiatus (CoCoTimes)
• Oakland’s 5-Minute Parking Meter Grace Period Policy May Go Permanent (CoCoTimes)
• New Bike/Ped Undercrossing of I-580 Links Dublin and Pleasanton (CoCoTimes)
• Roadshow: Metering Lights to Help Smooth Congestion on I-80, I-280
• Megabus Testing Return of Service Between SF to LA (Cyclelicious)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

We’ll be on a light publishing schedule today.

• State Budget Deal Would Eliminate Public Transit Funds (Cyclelicio.us, Transbay Blog)
  
• If Wall Street Gets Operating Funds Why Not Public Transit? (NYT)
• The Time is Now for High Speed Rail (HuffPo)
• BART Protesters Turn Out in Force at Board Meeting (ABC7)
  
• Planning Workshop on Palo Alto's California Avenue Gets Heated (Merc)
• San Jose Boy Who Was Struck By a Car in Hit-n-Run Crash Still in a Coma (Merc)
  
• The Politics of Parking in San Francisco (SF State News)
• Rail Car Manufacturers Put on a Show for SMART (Marin IJ)
  
• The Benefits of a Sidewalk Perspective (Sustainable Savannah via Streetsblog Network)
  
• Where to Watch the Amgen Tour This Weekend (SF Gate, Bikescape)
  

• Transit News Disappointing in Final Stimulus but HSR Gets a Boost (AP via Transport Politic)
  
• Transit Takes a $459 Million Hit in State Budget Deal But Will it Pass? (LAT, Ca.Progress Rep.)
  
• BART Board to Get Update on Police Oversight Committee (SF Gate)
  
• SF Park Rangers Want to Carry Guns and Get Full Law-Enforcement Status (SF Weekly)
• ABC 7: "Violent Muni Altercation Caught on Tape" 
• Potential Conflict with SF Mayor's Development Advisor? (Fog City Journal)
  
• LA's MTA in a Dispute With Italy's AnsaldoBreda Over Train Car Purchase (NYT)
• Beer and Nudity Out at SF'S Beloved Bay to Breakers Race (SF Gate, SFBG) 
  
• Portland Cyclist Known as "Reverend Phil" Exonerated on Resisting Arrest Charges (The Oregonian)
  
• As the Amgen Tour Draws Near the Sac Bee Recounts the Area's Bicycling History
  

• MTC Committee Could Slash Stim Funds Today for Muni, AC Transit (Beyond Chron)
  
• President Obama: The Days of Building Sprawl Are Over (Veritas et Venustas)
• But the Days of Widening Highways Aren't (VTA Watch)
• SF Parks Dept. Will Install 2,000 Parking Meters (SF Gate)
  
• Driver Stabs Off-Duty SF Bicycle Cop After "Traffic Altercation"(KTVU)
  
• Activists Demand Charges Against BART Police Officers (ABC7, Bay City News)
• L.A.'s Transit TV Files for Bankruptcy (LAT)
• PG&E's "Smart" Streetlights Get a Test Run in SF (NYT)
• Streetscape Plan Would Enliven Saratoga Village (Merc)
• How We Drive: "When Is a Stop Sign Not a Stop Sign?"
  

• President Obama Urges Stimulus Passage Without Republican Support (WaPo)
• Bay Area Activists Should Urge Pelosi to Rescue the Stimulus Package (Beyond Chron)
• Newsom Won't Be Among California Mayors in D.C. to Plead for Stim Money (Merc)
• Oakland Cyclist Who Was Victim of Hit-n-Run Still in Hospital (CBS5)
  
• China Close to Taking Over as the World's Number One Auto Market (NPR)
• BART Moving Forward With Its Warm Springs Extension (KCBS)
• Muni Releases Translink Survey (Akit's Complaint Department)
  
• Life Within Walking Distance (Rebuilding Place via Streetsblog Network)
  
• Fremont Planning Commission Pick Not Sitting Well With Some (Merc)
  

• Republican Senator from Missouri Wants to Kill High Speed Rail Stim Funding (CHSRB)
• APTA Urges Congress to Provide $15 Billion in Stim Money for Public Transit (Progressive Railroading)
• Building Mass-Transit Infrastructure Would Lift the Country Out of Recession (The Nation via Planetizen)
  
• Anti-Environmental Legislators Make Some Outrageous State Budget Demands (Ca Progress Report)
  
• More About Bikes on Caltrain and Today's Board Meeting (SF Examiner)
• NTSB to Investigate This Week's BART Collison (SF Gate)
• Committee Delays Action on Adding More School Crossing Guards in San Jose (Merc)
  
• Tagged Ads Featuring Supervisor Bevan Dufty Moved From Some Muni Stations (BAR)
• Schlage Lock Site Gets Okay for Redevelopment (Transbay Blog)
  
• Santa Cruz Shows Off Its Bicycle Design Creativity in New Exhibit (Merc)
  

• Senate Stimulus Bill Contains $2 Billion for High-Speed Rail (CHSRB)
• Schumer Outlines Plan to Provide More Stim Money for Public Transit (NY1)
  
• MTA To Consider Paying Millions in Muni Crash Settlements (SF Gate) 
  
• SF Mayor Wants to Cut Legal Fund That Helps Tenants Facing Ellis Act Evictions (Beyond Chron)
• And He's Against Putting Tax Measures Before Voters to Help the City's Budget Crisis (SF Examiner)
  
• Police Association Prez Critical of BART Police Chief (ABC7)
• Judge to Hear Lawsuit Challenging Socal Air District's Emission Credits (LAT)
• It Took Three Pedestrian Deaths to Finally Spur a Call to Action on a Dangerous Drive in L.A. (LAist)
  
• Santa Cruz Takes Steps to Improve Bicycle Safety on Mission Street (Merc)
  
• Restored Fox Theater Set to Re-Open in Oakland (Transbay Blog)
  

• House Passes Stimulus Bill; Only 5% Goes to Infrastructure (LAT, Boston Globe)
  
• Nadler Amendment for Transit Clears While Amtrak Cuts Are Nixed (WSJ, Transbay Blog)
  
• Marin Looks to Grab Some Stimulus Funds (Marin IJ)
• Santa Cruz Will End Free Parking on Main Corridors (Merc)
  
• Nevada Considers Congestion Pricing (Merc)
• Court Refuses to Stop Bayview Redevelopment (SF Gate)
• Car Crashes into Two N-Judah Trains, One Injury Reported (SF Gate, N-Judah Chronicles)
  
• Undisclosed Bids Submitted for Residential Buildings Near New Transbay Terminal (SF Gate)
  
• City of Davis Looking to Establish Museum for Vintage Bikes (KCRA)
• On-Street Bicycle Parking Will Begin Next Week in Seattle (Bicycle Fixation)
  

• Obama Moves to Allow States to Cut Emissions (SF Gate) 
• And Wants to Set Tougher Fuel-Efficiency Standards ((Huff Post) 
• As Chrysler Urges Dealers to Buy More Cars (Global Economic Analysis)
  
• DeFazio says Administration "Ill Advised" by Larry Summers on Transit Stimulus (Think Progress) 
  
• Stimulus Money Would Do Little to Help California's Budget Woes (LA Times)
• Are We Becoming More Sustainable or Not? (NRDC via Streetsblog Network)
  
• Second BART Officer Under Investigation After New Video Emerges (Coco Times, KTVU)
  
• SF Supes to Consider Budget Cuts (Beyond Chron)
  
• Golden Gate Bridge District Buys Two Mothballed Ferries for $2 Million Each (Marin IJ)
  
• Rail Authority Awards Contract for Track Improvements in Novato (Marin IJ)
  

• Did Obama Team, Democrats Make Deal to Trim Stimulus Money for Public Transit? (Grist)
  
• Mayors Worried Stimulus Money Won't Reach Cities (Reuters)
• State Controller says Special Election May Be Needed to Break Budget Impasse (SF Gate)
• Debate Continues Over Schwarzenegger Proposal to Gut CEQA (Merc)
  
• Federal Judge Blocks Oil and Gas Leases Near National Parks (NYT)
• Transportation Forum Held for Central Alameda County (Coco Times)
  
• More on BART Plan to Cut Service and Raise Fares (CBS 5)
  
• South San Francisco Ferry Terminal Approved But Construction On Hold (Coco Times)
  
• More on Last Week's Rally to Save Market/Octavia Bike Lane (EcoLocalizer)
  
• Five Examples of Better Bicycle Infrastructure (Tree Hugger)