Today’s Headlines
Former BART Officer Arrested on Murder Charges; More Protests Planned (Merc, SFGate) Looming Deficit has BART Looking at Service Cuts, Fare Increases (SFGate) And the Lean Budget Times Extend to All Transit Agencies, Including Sacramento (Sac Bee) Google Maps Visualize Transit Lines (The Transport Politic) Shovel-Ready Mass Transit: The Nation Talks to a Chicago Transit … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:40 AM PST on January 14, 2009
- Former BART Officer Arrested on Murder Charges; More Protests Planned (Merc, SFGate)
- Looming Deficit has BART Looking at Service Cuts, Fare Increases (SFGate)
- And the Lean Budget Times Extend to All Transit Agencies, Including Sacramento (Sac Bee)
- Google Maps Visualize Transit Lines (The Transport Politic)
- Shovel-Ready Mass Transit: The Nation Talks to a Chicago Transit Official (The Nation)
- Financier Steven Rattner Likely ‘Car Czar’ (NYT)
- Business-First Ideology Clouding State Budget Negotiations? (Coco Times)
- “Rougher Roads Lie Ahead” for SF’s New Progressive Supes Majority (SFBG)
- Concord Approves Plan for Former Military Base (Coco Times)
- SFBG: “Streetsblog Throws An Edgy Curve into San Francisco Bicycle Coverage”
- Spain’s High Speed Rail “Revolution in Travel Habits” (Guardian UK via CHSPRB)
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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