Today’s Headlines
Debunking the Cars = Commerce Myth: Business Booming in Car-Free Times Square (NY1) U.S. Mayors Want More Federal Funding for Transportation Infrastructure (ENS) Sacramento Regional Transit Considering $2.50 Bus Fare, Highest in Calif. (Sac Bee) Man on a Scooter Dies After Being Hit by a VTA LRV in San Jose (ABC7, VTA Watch) Considering the … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:21 AM PDT on June 19, 2009
- Debunking the Cars = Commerce Myth: Business Booming in Car-Free Times Square (NY1)
- U.S. Mayors Want More Federal Funding for Transportation Infrastructure (ENS)
- Sacramento Regional Transit Considering $2.50 Bus Fare, Highest in Calif. (Sac Bee)
- Man on a Scooter Dies After Being Hit by a VTA LRV in San Jose (ABC7, VTA Watch)
- Considering the Future of Parking in Downtown Santa Rosa (Press Democrat via Santa Rosa CityBus)
- Attorney for Ex-BART Cop Charged with Murder Wants Change of Venue (SF Gate)
- Car Culture on the Wane: Struggling NASCAR Loses GM Support (Wheels)
- GM Will Halt Production of Its Only Car Made in California (LAT)
- Lakers Parade Proves L.A. Can Have a Ciclovía (Streetsblog LA)
- An Interview with a London Bike Planner (Bike Portland)
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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