Today’s Headlines
Transportation Gets Less Than Expected in Federal Stimulus Bill (WSJ) Details of the Transportation Segment Reviewed (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net) Governors Unhappy Bill Doesn’t Give More to Road Projects (Politico) Former BART Officer Pleads “Not-Guilty” in Shooting of Oscar Grant (SF Chronicle) Caltrans to Pay $7 Million to Transit for Right to Add Carpool Lanes … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
9:57 AM PST on January 16, 2009
- Transportation Gets Less Than Expected in Federal Stimulus Bill (WSJ)
- Details of the Transportation Segment Reviewed (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- Governors Unhappy Bill Doesn’t Give More to Road Projects (Politico)
- Former BART Officer Pleads “Not-Guilty” in Shooting of Oscar Grant (SF Chronicle)
- Caltrans to Pay $7 Million to Transit for Right to Add Carpool Lanes to Sacramento Freeway (Sacbee)
- Caltrans Halts Funding for Fourth Bore of Caldecott Tunnel (SF Chronicle)
- Man Who Would Not Remove Bicycle From Caltrain Pays Fine for Disturbing Peace (CBS5)
- Cell Phone Ban for Muni Drivers (Muni Diaries)
- F-Stockton Will See New Trolley Cars (Market St Railway)
- More Fear From Peninsula Residents that High Speed Rail Will Ruin Neighborhoods (CHSRB)
- A Very Interesting Proposal for Streetcars in Oakland (SF Cityscape)
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