Today’s Headlines

  • BART Considers Upgrades to Existing Fleet of Rail Cars (SF Gate) (CC Times) (ABC 7) (Daily Cal)
  • BART Pilots System to Pay by Cell Phone (Examiner)
  • Mayor Newsom and Supes Could Clash on MTA Budget (SFBG)
  • Caltrain Looking at Service Cuts, Fare Increases, Bicycle Surcharge (Merc)
  • Sacramento Will Re-Study New Streetcar Line (Sac Bee)
  • Sonoma County Bus Riders Face Service Cuts (Press Dem)
  • LaHood: California "Way Way Way Ahead" on High Speed Rail (WSJ)
  • Huffington Post Examines Barcelona’s Bicing Bike-Share Program
  • Report Finds Ethanol Not So Clean.  Surprise Surprise (Merc)
  • ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Not So Green, So Says Reasonable People (Grist)
  • Feds Stop Funding Fuel Cell Car Research (NYT)
  • Seattle Releases a Pedestrian Master Plan (Seattle Transit Blog via Streetsblog.net)
  • DC Planning Dept Proposes Off-Street Parking Maximums for Downtown (GGW)
  • British Study Shows Safety in Numbers Effect for Cyclists (Guardian)