Today’s Headlines
Public Works Agencies Say Schwarzenegger Budget Will Be “Devastating” (SF Gate) Pedestrian Hit Near Stanford Campus is a County Roads Worker (Merc) Half of World’s Traffic Fatalities Are Not in Cars (Baltimore Spokes via Streetsblog.net) SFO Officials Consider Shuttle Bus for Workers to Avoid BART Surcharge (SF Gate) 10th Congressional District Candidate Wants to Invest … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:08 AM PDT on June 16, 2009
- Public Works Agencies Say Schwarzenegger Budget Will Be “Devastating” (SF Gate)
- Pedestrian Hit Near Stanford Campus is a County Roads Worker (Merc)
- Half of World’s Traffic Fatalities Are Not in Cars (Baltimore Spokes via Streetsblog.net)
- SFO Officials Consider Shuttle Bus for Workers to Avoid BART Surcharge (SF Gate)
- 10th Congressional District Candidate Wants to Invest in Transit (Fog City Journal)
- John King: “Thoughts from a Market Street Stroll”
- A Debate Over Congestion Pricing in L.A. (LAT via How We Drive)
- LA Times: “Legislators Cars Cost Taxpayers $3.2 Million”
- Obama Admin Reportedly Looking to “Downsize” Mid-Size Cities (Telegraph)
- Pics from David Baker’s Fairfax Foray Bicycle Ride (Bikes and the City)
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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