Today’s Headlines
BART Board Will Not Raise Fares This Year to Balance Its Budget (KCBS) And It’s Questioning the Independent Shooting Investigation (Merc, ABC7) NIMBY Complaints Over Peninsula HSR Line Continue (CHSRB, VTA Watch) Sausalito Launches Study on How to Improve Bike Facilities (Marin IJ) Bike, Pedestrian Improvements Planned on Palo Alto’s Oregon Expressway (Palo Alto Daily) … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
10:08 AM PST on February 27, 2009
- BART Board Will Not Raise Fares This Year to Balance Its Budget (KCBS)
- And It’s Questioning the Independent Shooting Investigation (Merc, ABC7)
- NIMBY Complaints Over Peninsula HSR Line Continue (CHSRB, VTA Watch)
- Sausalito Launches Study on How to Improve Bike Facilities (Marin IJ)
- Bike, Pedestrian Improvements Planned on Palo Alto’s Oregon Expressway (Palo Alto Daily)
- Report: Better Ped/Bike Infrastructure Can Prevent Cancer (Examiner via Streetsblog.net)
- Caltrain Celebrates $35 Million Palo Alto Station Revamp (Merc)
- Obama Budget Includes Revenue From Carbon Auctions (Grist, WaPo, Green Inc)
- Revised Plan Released for Presidio Main Post (SF Gate, SF Citizen)
- Mountain View Gets Bicycle-Friendly Award (SVBC)
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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