Today’s Headlines
BART Labor Contracts Set to Expire June 30 (SF Gate) BART Cop Who Shot Oscar Grant Will Face Murder Charges at Trial (Daily Cal) Infant Boy Left in Parked Car at BART Station All Day Dies at Hospital (SF Gate) (Examiner) Mayor Newsom Adds Tweeting to 311 (Information Week) Carriage Pulling Horse Stampedes Through North … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
9:05 AM PDT on June 9, 2009
- BART Labor Contracts Set to Expire June 30 (SF Gate)
- BART Cop Who Shot Oscar Grant Will Face Murder Charges at Trial (Daily Cal)
- Infant Boy Left in Parked Car at BART Station All Day Dies at Hospital (SF Gate) (Examiner)
- Mayor Newsom Adds Tweeting to 311 (Information Week)
- Carriage Pulling Horse Stampedes Through North Beach, Injures Two Cyclists (Examiner)
- ChronWatch Gets MTA to Install Meters on Howard Street
- Bay Guardian Sunday Streets Recap
- “Backseat Driver” Discusses How Cycling Improves Health, Matsui Urges Smart Growth
- San Jose Cyclist Killed By Caltrain Identified (Merc) (SF Gate)
- DOT Secretary LaHood Rules Out Fuel Tax Increase, Prefers Bonds for Infrastructure (FT)
- Toyota Pitches 3rd Gen Prius as Mainstream Car in US (WaPo)
- GM Eliminates Line of Medium-Duty Trucks (WaPo)
- What’s the Right Thing to Do With Hummer Brand? Destroy It (The Ethicist)
- Where Walking Isn’t Even an Option to Go Next Door (Urban Review STL via Streetsblog.net)
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