Today’s Headlines
Police Brace for More Protests in Oakland Today Over BART Shooting (Merc, KTVU, Beyond Chron) VTA Set to Approve Funding for BART Project Today (VTA Watch) Study: Public Transit Riders Save an Average of $8,368 A Year by Not Driving (SF Examiner) Muni Catching A Lot More Fare Evaders (SF Gate) N-Judah Chronicles: 2009 “May … Continued
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Bryan Goebel
9:36 AM PST on January 8, 2009
- Police Brace for More Protests in Oakland Today Over BART Shooting (Merc, KTVU, Beyond Chron)
- VTA Set to Approve Funding for BART Project Today (VTA Watch)
- Study: Public Transit Riders Save an Average of $8,368 A Year by Not Driving (SF Examiner)
- Muni Catching A Lot More Fare Evaders (SF Gate)
- N-Judah Chronicles: 2009 “May Not Be So Bad” For Muni Riders
- Schwarzenegger, Legislators to Try, Try Again on the Budget (SF Gate)
- Republicans, Corporate Lobbyists Behind Efforts to Gut CEQA (Sac Bee)
- Port of Oakland in Fight Over $5 Million in Clean Air Funds (Coco Times)
- Lack of Good Press for the Bus and its Riders (Santa Rosa City Bus via Streetsblog Network)
- San Rafael Gets Interirm Public Works Director (Marin IJ)
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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