Today’s Headlines
Gap Founder Abandons Plans for Presidio Museum (SF Gate, KCBS) Ray Lahood’s “Streetcar Pep Rally” in Portland, “the Transportation Capital” (Bike Portland) Lahood to Announce Las Vegas to Socal High-Speed Rail Corridor (Las Vegas Sun) Advocates Propose Chicago to St. Louis HSR Line (Progressive Railroading) WaPo: “Metro Failed to Detect Hazard” Before Deadly Crash Novato … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:14 AM PDT on July 2, 2009
- Gap Founder Abandons Plans for Presidio Museum (SF Gate, KCBS)
- Ray Lahood’s “Streetcar Pep Rally” in Portland, “the Transportation Capital” (Bike Portland)
- Lahood to Announce Las Vegas to Socal High-Speed Rail Corridor (Las Vegas Sun)
- Advocates Propose Chicago to St. Louis HSR Line (Progressive Railroading)
- WaPo: “Metro Failed to Detect Hazard” Before Deadly Crash
- Novato Driver Charged with Hit-and-Run for Injuring Skateboarder (Marin IJ)
- Fewer Drivers On the Road in Sacramento Yet More Highway Expansions Planned (Sac Bee)
- East Bay Express: “You’re Not an Environmentalist If You’re Also a NIMBY”
- Family of Cyclist Killed by Sheriff’s Deputy to Get $2.3 Million from Santa Clara County (SF Gate)
- A Crackdown on Fixies in Berlin (The Local)
- Intermodal Bike Parking Construction Porn (DC Bike Examiner via Streetsblog.net)
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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