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 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)

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Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
House Set to Vote on Stimulus (Merc, TPMDC) Jerry Nadler’s Transit Amendment Will Also Reach House Floor (T4America via Streetsblog Network) NYT’s John Leonhardt Says Stimulus Lacks "Fresh, Reformist Thinking" Will California’s High-Speed Rail Project See Stimulus Money? (Daily Californian) Muni Deficit May Stall Improvements (SF Gate)  More on Tom Radulovich’s Call for the BART […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
Battle Brews Over SF Stimulus Funds (SF Gate) More on How Bay Area Stim Funds Will Be Put to Use (Merc) Bay Area Transit Officials Want to Increase Efficiency (SF Gate) Transbay Blog: The MTC’s Shifting Funds, Shifty Priorities  Worst Service Cuts Since 70s Set to Take Effect in NY (NYT, News, Post, NY1) L.A. […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
Who’s in Charge at BART? Leadership Questioned (SF Examiner) Hackers Target Cops in Latest BART Cyber-Attack (SF Gate, Bay Citizen) Jerry Brown Calls for Calif. High-Speed Rail to Move Forward (Sac Bee) Caltrain Releases Long-Awaited Corridor Capacity Study for HSR (SF Gate, Merc) WaPo Columnist: CAHSR is “Not Necessarily” a Boondoggle MTC Rescinds Vote to […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
Republican Senator from Missouri Wants to Kill High Speed Rail Stim Funding (CHSRB) APTA Urges Congress to Provide $15 Billion in Stim Money for Public Transit (Progressive Railroading) Building Mass-Transit Infrastructure Would Lift the Country Out of Recession (The Nation via Planetizen) Anti-Environmental Legislators Make Some Outrageous State Budget Demands (Ca Progress Report) More About […]

Today’s Headlines

By Matthew Roth |
Bay Bridge Construction May Stay 15 Months Behind Schedule (SF Gate) (KCBS) Excellent Story on the Troubles With Improving SF’s Mid-Market Street (SF Appeal) Treasure Island Development Will Be Smaller Than Anticipated (Examiner) $27B Infrastructure Bond Won’t Go Far Enough to Meet Need (Examiner) Prop 1A Rail Funds Could Go to Local Operators (Examiner) SF […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
BART Shooting Investigation Centers on Video; Claim Filed by Victim’s Family (SF Gate, Merc) SFBG Editorial: Structure of BART Police Force Recipe for Disaster And More Coverage Today of BART’s Plan to Trim Evening Service (SF Gate, Coco Times) Transit Agencies Still Seeking Aid from Government Nationwide (Pro Publica) Peskin Calls for Special Election, Tax […]