Today’s Headlines
Obama Emissions Plan Modeled After California (SF Gate, ENS) House Climate Bill Funds Auto Industry But Not Transit (RT Rider via Streetsblog.net) SF Examiner Editorial Questioning Climate Change Hits New Low (SFBG) Two Dollar Muni Fare Hike Plotted in 2005 (Beyond Chron) NY DOT’s Janette Sadik-Khan ‘Equal Parts Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses’ (NY Mag) … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:34 AM PDT on May 19, 2009
- Obama Emissions Plan Modeled After California (SF Gate, ENS)
- House Climate Bill Funds Auto Industry But Not Transit (RT Rider via Streetsblog.net)
- SF Examiner Editorial Questioning Climate Change Hits New Low (SFBG)
- Two Dollar Muni Fare Hike Plotted in 2005 (Beyond Chron)
- NY DOT’s Janette Sadik-Khan ‘Equal Parts Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses’ (NY Mag)
- More Bicycle Parking in Sausalito (Marin IJ Readers Forum)
- Portland Unveils More On-Street Bike Parking Corrals (Bike Portland)
- Ca. High-Speed Rail on Fast Track for Stimulus Funds (SF Business Journal)
- Toronto Looks to Expand Light Rail (Toronto Star via Planetizen)
- Simulated Runs to Start on Seattle’s New Light Rail Line (Seattle PI)
- The First “Modern-Designed” Streetcar Built in the U.S. (Portland Transport via The Oregonian)
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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