Today’s Headlines
Should the Bay Area Implement Its Own Gas Tax to Fund Transit? (HSRB) The Transbay Blog Adds Up the STA Fund Losses to Bay Area Transit Agencies Why the Auto Industry Bailout is Doomed (Boston Herald via Hugh Bartling) SF Supe Urges Port Commission to Study Northern Waterfront (SF Gate) More on the Cuts at … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
10:17 AM PST on February 24, 2009
- Should the Bay Area Implement Its Own Gas Tax to Fund Transit? (HSRB)
- The Transbay Blog Adds Up the STA Fund Losses to Bay Area Transit Agencies
- Why the Auto Industry Bailout is Doomed (Boston Herald via Hugh Bartling)
- SF Supe Urges Port Commission to Study Northern Waterfront (SF Gate)
- More on the Cuts at the SF Rec and Park Department (SFBG)
- Cloverdale Pedestrian Dies in Hit-and-Run Crash (Bay City News via CBS5)
- Wal-Mart Drops Five-Year Bid to Build New Store in Santa Rosa (Press Democrat)
- VMT Dipped in December, But Not by Much (Worldchanging via Streetsblog.net)
- The Chilly Hilly Bainbridge Island Bike Ride (Seattle PI)
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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