Today’s Headlines
Los Altos City Council Votes to Save Pedestrian Bridge, Tree (Merc) Oklahoma City Needs to Downsize Its Streets (How We Drive) Mountain View Approves New Development at South Whisman (Merc) BART Shooting Case Delayed by Concerns Over Police Killings (SF Gate) SF Weekly: “Activist Points to Inefficient and Costly Projects Like the Central Subway” SF Supe … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:59 AM PDT on March 25, 2009
- Los Altos City Council Votes to Save Pedestrian Bridge, Tree (Merc)
- Oklahoma City Needs to Downsize Its Streets (How We Drive)
- Mountain View Approves New Development at South Whisman (Merc)
- BART Shooting Case Delayed by Concerns Over Police Killings (SF Gate)
- SF Weekly: “Activist Points to Inefficient and Costly Projects Like the Central Subway”
- SF Supe Chiu Wants Ban on After-Hours Skyscraper Lights (SF Gate, SFBG)
- SFBG: The Polluting Port
- 300 Mile Per Hour High Speed Rail Planned for Japan (LAT)
- LAPD’s Bike License Victims State Their Case at LAPD Comission Hearing (LAist)
- What a Livable Suburb Looks Like (TC Streets 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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