Today’s Headlines
Public Transit Ridership Soars to Its Highest Level in 52 Years (WaPo) Driver Hits Five People Selling Girl Scout Cookies in Burlingame; Won’t Face Charges (ABC7) California High Speed Rail Must Include the Central Valley (CHSRB) SF Examiner Editorial on Sunday Streets’ “Surprising Converts” Oregon Rep Proposes Bicycle Registration Bill (BikePortland) With Biking on the … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:14 AM PDT on March 9, 2009
- Public Transit Ridership Soars to Its Highest Level in 52 Years (WaPo)
- Driver Hits Five People Selling Girl Scout Cookies in Burlingame; Won’t Face Charges (ABC7)
- California High Speed Rail Must Include the Central Valley (CHSRB)
-
SF Examiner Editorial on Sunday Streets’ “Surprising Converts”
- Oregon Rep Proposes Bicycle Registration Bill (BikePortland)
- With Biking on the Rise, How Should Cyclists Use the Road? (NYT)
- How We Drive: “The Helmeted Cyclists as Indicator Species”
- Effort Raises Money for Injured Cyclists in Chico (Chico Enterprise-Record)
- Why Developers Like Cul-de-Sacs (Austin Contrarian via Streetsblog.net)
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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