Today’s Headlines
Pedestrian Killed While Walking in the Crosswalk in the Sunset District (SF Gate, KTVU) More Evidence People are Driving Less and Taking Public Transit (TSTC via Streetsblog Network) VTA Says Its Ridership is Up (Merc) Miles of New Pedestrian and Bicycle Paths Being Planned for Marin (Marin IJ) Companies Ordered to Stop Polluting Port of … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
10:10 AM PST on January 27, 2009
- Pedestrian Killed While Walking in the Crosswalk in the Sunset District (SF Gate, KTVU)
- More Evidence People are Driving Less and Taking Public Transit (TSTC via Streetsblog Network)
- VTA Says Its Ridership is Up (Merc)
- Miles of New Pedestrian and Bicycle Paths Being Planned for Marin (Marin IJ)
- Companies Ordered to Stop Polluting Port of Stockton, San Joaquin River (ENS)
- SF Mayor Committed to High-Speed Rail? (Fog City Journal, SF Examiner, The Overhead Wire)
- New Group Links Rail Advocates (The Hill)
- New Eastern Bay Bridge Span “Safe” After Cracked Welds Discovered (Coco Times)
- Developer, Tribe Sued in Richmond Land Deal (Coco Times)
- Scientists: Climate Change Has a Firm Grip (LAT)
- National Conservation Area Would Cover Half a Million Acres in Six Counties (Sac Bee)
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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