Today’s Headlines
Supervisor John Avalos Takes the Lead on the Muni Budget (Beyond Chron) SF Examiner: “Higher Muni Fare Evasion Fines Pitched” Sizing Up Muni at Bay to Breakers (SF Appeal) BART Director Fang Insists Phone Card Will Prove Translink Obsolete (Matier & Ross) Independent Auditor Would Investigate Civilian Complaints Against BART Police (SF Gate) Examiner Editorial … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:06 AM PDT on May 18, 2009
- Supervisor John Avalos Takes the Lead on the Muni Budget (Beyond Chron)
- SF Examiner: “Higher Muni Fare Evasion Fines Pitched”
- Sizing Up Muni at Bay to Breakers (SF Appeal)
- BART Director Fang Insists Phone Card Will Prove Translink Obsolete (Matier & Ross)
- Independent Auditor Would Investigate Civilian Complaints Against BART Police (SF Gate)
- Examiner Editorial Blasts BART For Absenteeism Excuse Over Dirty Trains (SF Examiner)
- Recession, Rising Costs Could Delay SMART Trains (Marin IJ)
- SFBG: “Why Are Bike Riders Still Treated As Second-Class Citizens?”
- Portland’s Bike Traffic Jams (The Oregonian)
- Designing Streets for Cars Doesn’t Help the Elderly and Disabled (Cap’n Transit via Streetsblog.net)
- George Will Goes Off on Ray LaHood for Promoting Transportation Choices (Newsweek)
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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