Today’s Headlines
Texting Driver Gets Six Years in Prison for Causing Fatal Crash in North State (AP) Passenger Trapped, Dragged Under Muni Bus (KCBS) Body Found on I-880 in Fremont May Be Hit-and-Run Victim (BCN via CBS5) BART Fined for Safety Violations in Employee’s Death (KRON) MTA Considers Raising Parking Meter Rates (SF Examiner) Willie Brown: HSRC … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:02 AM PDT on April 6, 2009
- Texting Driver Gets Six Years in Prison for Causing Fatal Crash in North State (AP)
- Passenger Trapped, Dragged Under Muni Bus (KCBS)
- Body Found on I-880 in Fremont May Be Hit-and-Run Victim (BCN via CBS5)
- BART Fined for Safety Violations in Employee’s Death (KRON)
- MTA Considers Raising Parking Meter Rates (SF Examiner)
- Willie Brown: HSRC Chair Quentin Kopp is “Going to Get Piled On”
- Voters May Decide High-Density Housing Measure for Alameda Point (SF Gate)
- Tahoe’s BlueGO Transit System Facing Cuts (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
- Grieve-Smith Likes the Ride on Albuquerque’s Rapid Buses (via Streetsblog.net)
- Bike Portland: New Company Takes Pedal-Powered Delivery to the Next Level
- South Korean Man Pedals for Peace Across the Globe (Miami Herald)
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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