Today’s Headlines
Caltrain Board Declares Fiscal Emergency; Plans Some Service Cuts (SF Gate) VTA Board Approves Budget That Includes First Fare Hike in Four Years (Merc) Doubts Linger On Idea to Sponsor Muni’s Street and Cable Cars (Market Street Railway) Merc: “Historic Trolley Gets New Life at Kelley Park” Michigan Gov to White House: Turn Car Factories … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:15 AM PDT on June 5, 2009
- Caltrain Board Declares Fiscal Emergency; Plans Some Service Cuts (SF Gate)
- VTA Board Approves Budget That Includes First Fare Hike in Four Years (Merc)
- Doubts Linger On Idea to Sponsor Muni’s Street and Cable Cars (Market Street Railway)
- Merc: “Historic Trolley Gets New Life at Kelley Park”
- Michigan Gov to White House: Turn Car Factories Into Train Factories (Infrastructurist)
- Privatizing Roads and Infrastructure — Was It Just a Fad? (NYT)
- Port of Oakland Delays Action on Plan to Ban Polluting Diesel Trucks (SFBG)
- DPW Erects Some Signage for Bicyclists on Howard Street During Construction (Bluoz)
- SC Sheriff’s Deputy Who Killed Two Bicyclists is Demoted (Merc)
- Chronicle Story Spotlights SFBC’s Urban Cycling Workshops (SF Gate)
- Inner Sunset Farmer’s Market Debuts This Weekend (N-Judah Chronicles)
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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