Today’s Headlines
BART Labor Talks Continue With “More Ground” to Cover; Midnight Deadline Tonight (ABC7, CBS5) Former State Senator Don Perata Blasts Proposed Oakland Airport Connector (KCBS) Mercury News Editorial Urges Legislators to Get High-Speed Rail Poison Out of Budget While the SF Examiner Rips HSR Funding As “Pork” Spending and a “Luxury” Cities Aren’t Getting Their … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:22 AM PDT on July 9, 2009
- BART Labor Talks Continue With “More Ground” to Cover; Midnight Deadline Tonight (ABC7, CBS5)
- Former State Senator Don Perata Blasts Proposed Oakland Airport Connector (KCBS)
- Mercury News Editorial Urges Legislators to Get High-Speed Rail Poison Out of Budget
- While the SF Examiner Rips HSR Funding As “Pork” Spending and a “Luxury”
- Cities Aren’t Getting Their Share of Stim Funds — Job Creation Suffers (NYT)
- Calls Grow Louder for Second Stim Bill Geared Toward Infrastructure (The Hill)
- Climate Bill Funnels Way More Cash to Coal and Oil Than to Transit (Washington Independent)
- Study Says Santa Rosa Drivers Are Among the State’s “Safest” (Press Democrat)
- ABC7 I-Team: Four “Taxi Medallion Holders Face Charges of Fraud”
- Chevron Will Appeal Ruling Stopping Richmond Refinery Expansion (SF Gate)
- Massachusetts Boy Gets His Wish to Ride SF’s Historic Trolleys (Merc)
- Bicycling Becoming a “Normal and Recommended Activity” (With Photo Essay) (Daily Kos)
- How to Build Schools That Don’t Feel Like Wal-Marts (Switchboard 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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