Today’s Headlines
GM, Once the World’s Biggest Automaker, Files for Chapter 11 (NYT, NYT)(SF Gate) PJ O’Rourke Pines for Days When Driving Made Him Feel More Powerful Than Genghis Khan (WSJ) What Will Happen to America’s Appetite for New Cars? (NYT) Examiner Argues Union Work Rules at BART and Muni Outdated and Too Expensive MTA Board Looks … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
9:03 AM PDT on June 1, 2009
- GM, Once the World’s Biggest Automaker, Files for Chapter 11 (NYT, NYT)(SF Gate)
- PJ O’Rourke Pines for Days When Driving Made Him Feel More Powerful Than Genghis Khan (WSJ)
- What Will Happen to America’s Appetite for New Cars? (NYT)
- Examiner Argues Union Work Rules at BART and Muni Outdated and Too Expensive
- MTA Board Looks at Raising Parking Fees, Vows No Further Service Cuts (Examiner)
- Muni Buses Badly Behind Maintenance Schedule (Examiner)
- Comment Period for Presidio Plan Ends Today (SF Gate)
- Chronicle Watch Highlights Cars Parking in Bus Stop on 43-Masonic
- Benicia Marina Walkways Might Not Be Wide Enough For Harleys, Even For Cops (Times-Herald)
- NYC Adds 200 Miles of Bike Lanes Over Past Three Years, Commuter Cycling Booms (rabble.ca)
- David Byrne Reviews Jeff Mapes’ Pedaling Revolution for the Times
- Vancouver BC Police Target Cyclists With “Information Tickets” (Vancouver Sun)
- Highways From Hell: Louisville’s Proposed Spaghetti Junction (The Urbanophile via Streetsblog.net)
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