Today’s Headlines

  • MTA Board Will Consider Fare Hikes, Line Cuts, Furloughs, Downsizing, Crying (SF Gate)
  • Lowes Eyes Bayshore Blvd Location Formerly Sought by Home Depot (Examiner) (SF Gate)
  • More on Street Repair Bond, KFC Marketers Said to Be Dismayed (Examiner)
  • Caltrain Agrees to Share ROW With HSR for Electrification Deal (CBS 5)
  • Planetizen Asks If High-Speed Rail is the Best Way to Spend $13B on Transpo? (Planetizen)
  • Metrolink Considers Fare Increase of 5.5% (LA Times)
  • LA Times Looks at the Cash-for-Clunkers Rebate
  • New York Times Tours Portland by Bicycle (NY Times)

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Mayor Promises Mid-Market Street Revitalization (City Insider, The Snitch, BCN via CBS5) BART Board Considering 10 Cent Transbay Tube Surcharge (SF Gate) Divisadero Repavement Project Progressing; Completion Expected by March (BIKE NOPA) Bay Area Air Quality District "Toughens Up Emission Rules" (SF Gate) 62-year-old Man Hit and Killed by Driver in Downtown Gilroy (Gilroy Dispatch) […]

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Stimulus Hopes Fading for Public Transit and High Speed Rail (NYT) Commuter Benefits Law Takes Effect (SF Gate) Muni Fare Collections Are Up (SF Gate via N-Judah Chronicles) But Not on the Culture Bus (SF Gate) Peaceful BART Shooting Protest (CBS 5) Big Turnout for MLK Day Freedom Trains (ABC 7) Gag Order Lifted for […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
MTA Board Approves Budget But Weakens Parking Enforcement Proposals (Beyond Chron) It Means Fares Will Rise to $2 in July and Eight Bus Lines Will Be Eliminated (SF Gate, SF Examiner) Unannounced Turnarounds on the N-Judah Line (N-Judah Chronicles) Young Santa Rosa Man Killed by Driver While Walking in Crosswalk (Press Democrat) Pedestrian "Seriously Hurt" […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
Republican Senator from Missouri Wants to Kill High Speed Rail Stim Funding (CHSRB) APTA Urges Congress to Provide $15 Billion in Stim Money for Public Transit (Progressive Railroading) Building Mass-Transit Infrastructure Would Lift the Country Out of Recession (The Nation via Planetizen) Anti-Environmental Legislators Make Some Outrageous State Budget Demands (Ca Progress Report) More About […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
Mercury News: "Bay Area Transit in Crisis" Sonoma County Transit Service to Face Cuts Under Governor’s Proposal (Press Democrat) Human Transit: Don’t Assume Next Round of Muni Service Cuts Will Go Smoothly MTA Moves Ahead with Plan to Layoff More Than 100 Workers (SF Examiner) Seattle’s Community Transit Proposes Fare Hikes and Service Cuts (Seattle […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
Board of Supes Votes Not to Reject Muni Budget After All (SF Gate, SF Examiner, SFBG, SF Appeal) Paul Hogarth’s Take on Beyond Chron: "Fear of Newsom Petulance Causes Bad Muni Budget" Muni Metro to Get New Fare Gates (SF Gate)  "Safe Streets" Bill Dies in State Legislature (Streetsblog LA) Gearing up for Bike to […]