Today’s Headlines
Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Scare Tactics on the MTA Budget (Beyond Chron) Free Transit Still Possible on Spare the Air Days Next Year; Search for Funds (KCBS) Here’s One Way to Keep Cars Out of Select Bus Service Lanes (Ecstatic E’s Journal) VTA Board Members to Give Up Monthly Stipend (Merc) California, Florida Likely to Get … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:01 AM PDT on May 11, 2009
- Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Scare Tactics on the MTA Budget (Beyond Chron)
- Free Transit Still Possible on Spare the Air Days Next Year; Search for Funds (KCBS)
- Here’s One Way to Keep Cars Out of Select Bus Service Lanes (Ecstatic E’s Journal)
- VTA Board Members to Give Up Monthly Stipend (Merc)
- California, Florida Likely to Get High-Speed Rail Funds (WSJ)
- SF Gate: “Bike to Work Day Aims to Raise Awareness”
- East Bay’s “Bike Commuters of the Year” (Inside Bay Area)
- Humboldt County Bicyclist Urges Drivers to Share with Road (Eureka Times-Herald)
- Police Arrest Two Bicyclists at Petaluma Critical Mass (BCN via CBS5)
- ARC Gets $3B Recommendation From US DOT (Transport Politic 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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