Today’s Headlines
Beyond Chron: Is Gavin Newsom Holding Muni Budget Hostage? Chronicle’s Take on Yesterday’s MTA Budget Hearing (SF Gate) Tweets from the MTA Meeting (Transbay Blog) Benicia Bus Routes Won’t Be Eliminated After All (Benicia Breeze) Cost of Bay Bridge Bike Lanes Examined (SF Gate) Former Menlo Park Car Lot Could Be Site of Mixed Housing … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:59 AM PDT on April 8, 2009
- Beyond Chron: Is Gavin Newsom Holding Muni Budget Hostage?
- Chronicle’s Take on Yesterday’s MTA Budget Hearing (SF Gate)
- Tweets from the MTA Meeting (Transbay Blog)
- Benicia Bus Routes Won’t Be Eliminated After All (Benicia Breeze)
- Cost of Bay Bridge Bike Lanes Examined (SF Gate)
- Former Menlo Park Car Lot Could Be Site of Mixed Housing Development (Merc)
- Saratoga Village Could Get Facelift, Friendlier Space for Pedestrians (Merc)
- Orphan Road Ponders the Future of Mixed-Use Development in Seattle (via Streetsblog.net)
- CHSRB: Americans Favor High-Speed Rail
- LA to Raise Valley Speed Limits Despite Deadly Year for Pedestrians (Streetsblog LA)
- Driving Kills Millions of Animals Every Year, Walking Doesn’t (Salon)
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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