Today’s Headlines
SFCTA Studying Bicycle, Ped, Motor Vehicle Patterns on Octavia Boulevard (SF Examiner) Traffic Nightmare at LA Schools (NYT via Streetsblog LA) Pedestrian Killed on 280/1 Connector Ramp (BCN via CBS5) Homeland Security Doles Out Money to Bay Area Transit Agencies (BCN via ABC7) Merc Editorial: “High-Speed Rail Still Makes Sense” Obama to Announce Plans for … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:55 AM PDT on April 13, 2009
- SFCTA Studying Bicycle, Ped, Motor Vehicle Patterns on Octavia Boulevard (SF Examiner)
- Traffic Nightmare at LA Schools (NYT via Streetsblog LA)
- Pedestrian Killed on 280/1 Connector Ramp (BCN via CBS5)
- Homeland Security Doles Out Money to Bay Area Transit Agencies (BCN via ABC7)
- Merc Editorial: “High-Speed Rail Still Makes Sense”
- Obama to Announce Plans for High-Speed Rail (ABC News)
- Two-Station Transbay Terminal Solution? (SFBG, CHSRB)
- U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame Will Be Located in Davis (Sac Bee)
- Bike Commuting in Toronto Increases by 32 Percent (Tree Hugger)
- St. Louis Streets Way Too Wide to Walk Across (STL Urban Workshop 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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