Today’s Headlines
150,000 Bike to Work Yesterday (SF Gate) (Examiner) (SFBG) (ABC 7) (Mission Local) (SF Citizen) SF Mayor Newsom Rides Stationary Bike, Drives to Tracy (SF Gate) SF Weekly Picks Nits Over City Attorney Herrera’s “One Less Lawyer in a Car” T-Shirt Extending Meter Enforcement to 8 pm Appears Likely in SF (Examiner) BART Approves OAC … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
8:43 AM PDT on May 15, 2009
- 150,000 Bike to Work Yesterday (SF Gate) (Examiner) (SFBG) (ABC 7) (Mission Local) (SF Citizen)
- SF Mayor Newsom Rides Stationary Bike, Drives to Tracy (SF Gate)
- SF Weekly Picks Nits Over City Attorney Herrera’s “One Less Lawyer in a Car” T-Shirt
- Extending Meter Enforcement to 8 pm Appears Likely in SF (Examiner)
- BART Approves OAC Elevated, Expensive Airport Connector (SF Gate) (Examiner)
- Sacramento Transit Service Fare Increases (Sac Bee)
- Chrysler, GM to Close Thousands of Dealerships (NYT)
- Wired Blogs Asks Whether Obama Admin Will Seriously Fund Bicycle Infrastructure
- USDOT Secretary LaHood Gives Cyclists the Thumbs Up on His Blog (Fast Lane)
- Parking Requirements Discourage Density in Austin (Austin Contrarian via Streetsblog.net)
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