Today’s Headlines
New York Is Getting a Trial Car-Free Broadway. Why Can’t SF Do This? (Streetsblog) Virgin’s Richard Branson Expresses an Interest in California’s HSR Line (CHSRB) Who’s Competing for High-Speed Rail Grants? (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net) GM Nosedive Continues Unabated (NYT) BART Board to Get Update on Shooting Investigation and Discuss Budget Cuts (ABC7, CBS5) Boy … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
10:21 AM PST on February 26, 2009
- New York Is Getting a Trial Car-Free Broadway. Why Can’t SF Do This? (Streetsblog)
- Virgin’s Richard Branson Expresses an Interest in California’s HSR Line (CHSRB)
- Who’s Competing for High-Speed Rail Grants? (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
- GM Nosedive Continues Unabated (NYT)
- BART Board to Get Update on Shooting Investigation and Discuss Budget Cuts (ABC7, CBS5)
- Boy Critically Injured in San Jose Hit-and-Run Crash Breathing on His Own (Merc)
- Campbell Reconsidering Its Downtown Festivals (Merc)
- LA, the Most Congested City in America (Streetsblog LA, Bottleneck Blog, LAist)
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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