Today’s Headlines
More on Caltrain’s Budget Woes (SF Examiner) Caltrain to Replace Unsafe Bridges and Remove 100 Trees (San Mateo Daily Journal) Burlingame City Council Insists HSR Must Be Underground (San Mateo Daily Journal) Electrical Problem Delays BART Service Through Transbay Tube (ABC7, SF Appeal) Seattle Metro Rolls Out Sleek New Articulated Buses (Seattle PI) Infrastructurist Maps … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:09 AM PDT on May 5, 2009
- More on Caltrain’s Budget Woes (SF Examiner)
- Caltrain to Replace Unsafe Bridges and Remove 100 Trees (San Mateo Daily Journal)
- Burlingame City Council Insists HSR Must Be Underground (San Mateo Daily Journal)
- Electrical Problem Delays BART Service Through Transbay Tube (ABC7, SF Appeal)
- Seattle Metro Rolls Out Sleek New Articulated Buses (Seattle PI)
- Infrastructurist Maps Out the Return of the Streetcar (via Streetsblog.net)
- Ray LaHood Admits He’s No Transportation Expert (NYT)
- Arizona Motorist Shoots and Kills Speed Cam Operator (Wheels)
- Silicon Valley Bicycle Friendly Workplace Program Announced (SVBC)
- Moving Day in SF: “We Don’t Need No Stink’n Cars” (sfwiggle via Mission Mission)
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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