Today’s Headlines
BART Board to Appoint Police Oversight Committee (SF Gate) State Lawmakers Rush to Raid Public Transit Fund Thwarts Will of Voters (LAT) Anger Mounts Over Governor’s Plan to Exempt Highway Projects from CEQA (LAT) Beyond Chron: Stimulus Must Include Money for Mass Transit Republicans Oppose Stimulus Money for Bicycle Paths (BCT via Streetsblog Network) Infrastructure … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:56 AM PST on January 12, 2009
- BART Board to Appoint Police Oversight Committee (SF Gate)
- State Lawmakers Rush to Raid Public Transit Fund Thwarts Will of Voters (LAT)
- Anger Mounts Over Governor’s Plan to Exempt Highway Projects from CEQA (LAT)
- Beyond Chron: Stimulus Must Include Money for Mass Transit
- Republicans Oppose Stimulus Money for Bicycle Paths (BCT via Streetsblog Network)
- Infrastructure Bill May Define the Transit Equation (The Transport Politic via Streetsblog Network)
- MTA Plan Would Speed Muni Metro Trains (SF Examiner)
- Concern Over Parking Impacts for Geary Blvd. BRT Wanes (SF Examiner)
- Menlo Park to Open Negotiations Over Opposition to High Speed Rail (CHSRB, Merc)
- Santa Rosa Planner Envisions Pedestrian, Children-Friendly Neighborhoods (Press Democrat)
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.
Read More:
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog San Francisco
Op-Ed: Summer in Berlin Changes Perspective on Cars
It's hard to experience a real-world "15-minute city" with a world-class rail network and then go back to driving everywhere for everything
Kyle Kayhan
May 20, 2026
Commentary: The ‘Super Bus’ is just More Evidence Caltrans is Irredeemable
Is Caltrans trolling us with this nonsense?
May 20, 2026
New House Infrastructure Bill: Cuts To Transit, Mixed Bag for Active Transportation
The good news? It could have been worse. The bad news? It's still pretty bad.
May 19, 2026
Republican State Senator Blames State Gas Taxes, Dems. for High Fuel Prices
But prices are skyrocketing nationwide...
May 19, 2026
