Today’s Headlines
MTC Committee Could Slash Stim Funds Today for Muni, AC Transit (Beyond Chron) President Obama: The Days of Building Sprawl Are Over (Veritas et Venustas) But the Days of Widening Highways Aren’t (VTA Watch) SF Parks Dept. Will Install 2,000 Parking Meters (SF Gate) Driver Stabs Off-Duty SF Bicycle Cop After “Traffic Altercation”(KTVU) Activists Demand … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:44 AM PST on February 11, 2009
- MTC Committee Could Slash Stim Funds Today for Muni, AC Transit (Beyond Chron)
- President Obama: The Days of Building Sprawl Are Over (Veritas et Venustas)
- But the Days of Widening Highways Aren’t (VTA Watch)
- SF Parks Dept. Will Install 2,000 Parking Meters (SF Gate)
- Driver Stabs Off-Duty SF Bicycle Cop After “Traffic Altercation”(KTVU)
- Activists Demand Charges Against BART Police Officers (ABC7, Bay City News)
- L.A.’s Transit TV Files for Bankruptcy (LAT)
- PG&E’s “Smart” Streetlights Get a Test Run in SF (NYT)
- Streetscape Plan Would Enliven Saratoga Village (Merc)
- How We Drive: “When Is a Stop Sign Not a Stop Sign?”
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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