Today’s Headlines
Transportation Authority Releases Car-Free Market Study (SF Gate) CHSRB: “Will GE Get Into the High-Speed Rail Business?” ABC7’s Take on Transit Justice Package: “Supervisors Try to Soften Blow” While the Examiner Says Meter Hours “Put Muni Budget in Limbo” More on Muni’s New $13 Million Shortfall (KCBS) Chronicle Story Spotlights 24-Line, “View of San Francisco’s … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:09 AM PDT on May 20, 2009
- Transportation Authority Releases Car-Free Market Study (SF Gate)
- CHSRB: “Will GE Get Into the High-Speed Rail Business?”
- ABC7’s Take on Transit Justice Package: “Supervisors Try to Soften Blow”
- While the Examiner Says Meter Hours “Put Muni Budget in Limbo”
- More on Muni’s New $13 Million Shortfall (KCBS)
- Chronicle Story Spotlights 24-Line, “View of San Francisco’s Rich Diversity
- Obama’s National Emission Standards a Vindication for California (LAT)
- Car Columnist Skewers Honda Hybrid, Calls for More Hydrogen Research (NYT)
- Texting While Driving Is Deadly, and Over 25 Percent of Motorists Do It (Gadgetwise)
- Detroit Sees Waning Influence in DC (NYT)
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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