Today’s Headlines
Hit-and-Run Driver Sentenced to Four Years in Death of Novato Man (Marin IJ) Pennsylvania Driver Shoots, Kills Man Who Told Him to Slow Down (AP) Vehicular Homicide Bill Withdrawn in Oregon (Bike Portland) Bicyclist Killed in East Portland; First Fatality Since 2007 (Bike Portland) Helmet Use Is Context-Sensitive (How We Drive via Streetsblog.net) Fight Over … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:58 AM PDT on April 28, 2009
- Hit-and-Run Driver Sentenced to Four Years in Death of Novato Man (Marin IJ)
- Pennsylvania Driver Shoots, Kills Man Who Told Him to Slow Down (AP)
- Vehicular Homicide Bill Withdrawn in Oregon (Bike Portland)
- Bicyclist Killed in East Portland; First Fatality Since 2007 (Bike Portland)
- Helmet Use Is Context-Sensitive (How We Drive via Streetsblog.net)
- Fight Over Parking Space in South SF; Two Men Arrested (BCN via CBS5)
- Men Stranded in Wheelchairs To Get $93,000 from Muni (SF Gate)
- Muni Advertising Budget Not What Agency Expected (SF Examiner)
- SF Appeal: “Muni Experimenting with New Ways to Confuse and Misdirect”
- Translink Fare Card Works on BART with “No Major Glitches” (SF Gate)
- BART Board Delays Loan Proposal for Oakland Airport Connector (Living in the O)
- New Bike Crossing Planned Over I-880, Other Freeways (Merc)
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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