Todays Headlines
Chronicle Calls Sunday Streets “No-Car Bliss” Sacramento Drivers Try Car-Free Challenge (Sac Bee) Hayward Development to Be Nearly Car-Free (SF Gate) UC Davis Study Says Commute by SUV May be Greener Than by Train (AFP) Transform’s Tips to Reduce Driving (Sac Bee) Sick Days Add to Muni Overtime Payout (Examiner) BART Downplays “BART” on New … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
9:02 AM PDT on June 8, 2009
- Chronicle Calls Sunday Streets “No-Car Bliss”
- Sacramento Drivers Try Car-Free Challenge (Sac Bee)
- Hayward Development to Be Nearly Car-Free (SF Gate)
- UC Davis Study Says Commute by SUV May be Greener Than by Train (AFP)
- Transform’s Tips to Reduce Driving (Sac Bee)
- Sick Days Add to Muni Overtime Payout (Examiner)
- BART Downplays “BART” on New Police Badges, Bay Bridge Contract Behind Schedule (SF Gate)
- Bay Area Council Recommends $3.4 Billion of Stim Funds to High Speed Rail (KCBS)
- CAHSR Blog Looks at Rash of Caltrain Suicides by Gunn High School Students in Palo Alto
- Two Bay-Area Cyclists Killed, One by Car, One by Caltrain (SF Gate)
- San Jose Boy Hit by Car in Crosswalk Making Strong Recovery (Merc)
- Press Democrat Profiles 72-Year Old Man Riding Bicycle From Santa Rosa to Seattle.
- The Feds Are Running Out of Money to Invest in Transportation, Again (NYT, WSJ)
- Push in Congress to Make Stimulus Funds Available for Transit Service (Yglesias)
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