Today’s Headlines
New York’s Schumer Supports $5 Billion More for Transit in Stimulus (NYT) Stimulus for the ‘Next American Dream’ (SF Gate) Auto Industry to Court Obama Adminstration, Barbara Boxer at DC Car Show (Detroit News) BART Deal to Provide WiFi Systemwide for $30 a Month, $300 a Year (SF Gate, CNET) Parking Fees Go Up Today … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
10:05 AM PST on February 2, 2009
- New York’s Schumer Supports $5 Billion More for Transit in Stimulus (NYT)
- Stimulus for the ‘Next American Dream’ (SF Gate)
- Auto Industry to Court Obama Adminstration, Barbara Boxer at DC Car Show (Detroit News)
- BART Deal to Provide WiFi Systemwide for $30 a Month, $300 a Year (SF Gate, CNET)
- Parking Fees Go Up Today at Three BART Peninsula Stations (Merc)
- Electricians ‘Lapse’ Likely Caused Last Spring’s BART Fire (Merc)
- Samtrans Begins Fare Hikes (KCBS, Coco Times)
- More on the Money Woes at Bay Area Transit Agencies (Merc)
- Report Urges Seattle’s Sound Transit to More Closely Monitor Costs (Seattle PI)
- Real Estate Speculators Want to Raise City’s Condo Conversion Cap (Beyond Chron)
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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