Today’s Headlines
SF Legislators Introduce BART Police Oversight Bill (SFBG, SF Citizen) Meantime, BART Board Delays Talk on Service Cuts; Gets Earful on Shooting (Coco Times, SF Gate) Obama Vows Action on Green Economy (ENS) But He Needs a Better High Speed Rail Commitment (New Republic via CHSRB) California’s High Speed Rail Authority Running Out of Money … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:48 AM PST on January 9, 2009
- SF Legislators Introduce BART Police Oversight Bill (SFBG, SF Citizen)
- Meantime, BART Board Delays Talk on Service Cuts; Gets Earful on Shooting (Coco Times, SF Gate)
- Obama Vows Action on Green Economy (ENS)
- But He Needs a Better High Speed Rail Commitment (New Republic via CHSRB)
- California’s High Speed Rail Authority Running Out of Money (SF Gate)
- Legislative Analyst Wants Voters To Have Say on Budget (Sac Bee)
- MTA’s Nathaniel Ford Rumored for Obama Administration Job (N-Judah Chronicles, SF Gate)
- Transportation for America: Are We Building New Roads to Crumbling Bridges?
- Beyond Bike Lanes: True Urban Design (Walk Bike CT via Streetsblog Network)
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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