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 (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)

Charles Siegel

New Republic: “One area that is ripe for such investment–and that is not, from what I have seen, a declared priority of the Obama administration–is high-speed rail.”

In fact, Obama has spoken in favor of high-speed rail. See http://cahsr.blogspot.com/2008/05/obama-on-high-speed-rail.html

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