Today’s Headlines
BOS Prez David Chiu Lines Up Votes to Reject Muni Budget (SF Gate, SF Examiner, SFBG) Snapping Photos on Muni Property Can Get You in Trouble (What I’m Seeing) Do Tourists Ride Replacement Buses When Cable Cars Are Broken? (SF Weekly) More on BART’s Plans to Upgrade Trains (ABC7) BART Says Test Run of Program … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:37 AM PDT on May 7, 2009
- BOS Prez David Chiu Lines Up Votes to Reject Muni Budget (SF Gate, SF Examiner, SFBG)
- Snapping Photos on Muni Property Can Get You in Trouble (What I’m Seeing)
- Do Tourists Ride Replacement Buses When Cable Cars Are Broken? (SF Weekly)
- More on BART’s Plans to Upgrade Trains (ABC7)
- BART Says Test Run of Program to Pay Fares With Cell Phones a Success (KCBS)
- James Oberstar Gives Preview of House Transpo Bill (Reuters via Infrastructurist)
- Brookings: Fund Transpo With VMT Tax + Congestion Pricing (Bellows via Streetsblog.net)
- Berkeley City Council Passes Climate Action Plan on Unanimous Vote (SF Gate)
- Palo Alto Neighborhood Backs City’s First Residential Parking Permit Program (Merc)
- East Palo Alto to Restripe Crosswalks Where Girl Was Killed (Merc)
- Portland Mayor Says He’ll Try Living Car-Free (Oregon Live via The Overhead Wire)
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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