Today’s Headlines
Highway Lobby Threatens to Sabotage Transpo Bill If Transit Gets Bigger Share (CQ Politics via TOW) GM Execs Still Have a Rosy Outlook About Future Sales (NYT) Caltrain Will Not Eliminate Weekend Service or Raise Fares (San Mateo Daily Journal) More on MTA Director Heinicke’s Idea for Sponsored Street and Cable Cars (SF Examiner) Muni … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:08 AM PDT on June 3, 2009
- Highway Lobby Threatens to Sabotage Transpo Bill If Transit Gets Bigger Share (CQ Politics via TOW)
- GM Execs Still Have a Rosy Outlook About Future Sales (NYT)
- Caltrain Will Not Eliminate Weekend Service or Raise Fares (San Mateo Daily Journal)
- More on MTA Director Heinicke’s Idea for Sponsored Street and Cable Cars (SF Examiner)
- Muni Budget Battle First in Wave of Budget Fights Between Progressive Supes and Mayor (SFBG)
- Union Criticizes BART Over Credit Card Spending (Matier & Ross)
- SC Supervisor Ken Yeager Criticizes County’s “Wasteful and Lax” Vehicle Fleet (Merc)
- SF Gate: “New Meters Challenging SF Parkers”
- Newsom’s Former Chief of Staff to Head Rec and Parks Department (SF Gate)
- 311 Call Center Now on Twitter (BCN via CBS5)
- Ray LaHood Impressed with European High-Speed Rail Systems (CHSRB)
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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