Today’s Headlines
Deal Reached on Senate Stimulus Bill (NYT, HuffPo) House, Senate Versions Differ on Transit (Transport Politic via Streetblog Network) LaHood Says Stim Money Will Go to States, Not Cities (Reuters) Editorial: Transit Cuts Will Hurt California Riders (Sac Bee) Two Pedestrians Struck by Muni Vehicles (SF Examiner, SF Gate) Other Departments “Robbing” Muni Budget (SF … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:51 AM PST on February 9, 2009
- Deal Reached on Senate Stimulus Bill (NYT, HuffPo)
- House, Senate Versions Differ on Transit (Transport Politic via Streetblog Network)
- LaHood Says Stim Money Will Go to States, Not Cities (Reuters)
- Editorial: Transit Cuts Will Hurt California Riders (Sac Bee)
- Two Pedestrians Struck by Muni Vehicles (SF Examiner, SF Gate)
- Other Departments “Robbing” Muni Budget (SF Gate, N-Judah Chronicles)
- Audit Released on Muni’s Aging Fleet of Cars (SF Examiner)
- Beyond Chron: Newsom Acting A Lot Like a Republican in Budget Crisis
- San Jose Considering Replacing Its 62,000 Yellow Streetlights (Merc)
- Sacramento Installs New Bike Racks (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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