Today’s Headlines
Mayor Newsom, Supervisors Back Parking Meters in Golden Gate Park (SF Examiner) BART Labor Talks Continue; Unions Avoid Issuing Strike Notice (KCBS, BCN via CBS5) Mission Loc@l Writer Spends 24 Hours on the 14-Mission SF Gate: “Projects Begin to Emerge for Upper Market” More on Legislators Caving in to Peninsula NIMBYs over High-Speed Rail (CHSRB) … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:17 AM PDT on July 8, 2009
- Mayor Newsom, Supervisors Back Parking Meters in Golden Gate Park (SF Examiner)
- BART Labor Talks Continue; Unions Avoid Issuing Strike Notice (KCBS, BCN via CBS5)
- Mission Loc@l Writer Spends 24 Hours on the 14-Mission
- SF Gate: “Projects Begin to Emerge for Upper Market”
- More on Legislators Caving in to Peninsula NIMBYs over High-Speed Rail (CHSRB)
- Teen Hit in Sepastopol Crosswalk Remains in a Coma (Press Democrat)
- SF, South Bay Make Top 10 List of Nation’s Most Congested Commutes (Merc)
- U.S. Regulators Think They Can Curb Volatile Swings in Energy Prices (NYT)
- Petaluma City Council Appoints a New Planning Commission (Press Democrat)
- Guerilla Bike Lanes: Some Cities Need ‘Em, Others Don’t (A2W via Streetsblog.net)
- Triple A to Offer Roadside Assistance to Oregon and Idaho Bicyclists (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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