Today’s Headlines
BART Board Approves 6.1 Percent Fare Hike, Increase in Parking Fees (SF Gate, ABC7) Directors Also Approved a BART Warm Springs Extension Contract (SF Examiner) 9-Year-Old Novato Girl Hit by Motorcycle While Walking in Crosswalk Dies (ABC7, BCN via CBS5) Five Children Hurt After Car Crashes into Socal Preschool (AP via CBS5) Public Hearing Turns … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:11 AM PDT on May 29, 2009
- BART Board Approves 6.1 Percent Fare Hike, Increase in Parking Fees (SF Gate, ABC7)
- Directors Also Approved a BART Warm Springs Extension Contract (SF Examiner)
- 9-Year-Old Novato Girl Hit by Motorcycle While Walking in Crosswalk Dies (ABC7, BCN via CBS5)
- Five Children Hurt After Car Crashes into Socal Preschool (AP via CBS5)
- Public Hearing Turns Out High-Speed Rail Opponents in Atherton (Merc)
- Seattle PI: “High-Speed Rail Dreams Depend on Dedicated Tracks”
- Ray LaHood Ends European Transit Tour on High-Speed Rail in Spain (NYT)
- The Transportation Challenges for Seniors in the Suburbs (Sac Biz Journal)
- Streets, Sidewalks in the Mission Given Low Grades for Cleanliness (Mission Loc@l)
- Cops in Tucson Spend an Afternoon Investigating Failed Car Break-in (TBL via Streetsblog.net)
- City of L.A. Releases Bike Master Plan (Streetsblog LA)
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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