Today’s Headlines
BART Unions to Vote on Labor Proposal; Won’t Call Strike For Now (SF Gate, ABC7) BART to San Jose Gets $40 Million from Calif. Transpo Commish (KCBS) “Terrifying” Multiple Car Collision on Capp Street; One Person Hurt (Mission Loc@l, Mission Mission) Bus Rapid Transit Can Save the World: TransMilenio Gets Full Multi-Media Feature in the … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:17 AM PDT on July 10, 2009
- BART Unions to Vote on Labor Proposal; Won’t Call Strike For Now (SF Gate, ABC7)
- BART to San Jose Gets $40 Million from Calif. Transpo Commish (KCBS)
- “Terrifying” Multiple Car Collision on Capp Street; One Person Hurt (Mission Loc@l, Mission Mission)
- Bus Rapid Transit Can Save the World: TransMilenio Gets Full Multi-Media Feature in the NY Times
- Obama “Stymied by the Usual Roadblocks” at G8 Summit on Climate Change (LAT)
- MTA Committee Agrees to Temporary Closure on Small Portion of Mason Street (The Pedestrianist)
- Will Oakland’s New Downtown Plan Stifle Dense Development? (East Bay Express)
- Sepastopol Crosswalk Where Girl Was Hit Has Long Been Eyed for Improvements (Press Democrat)
- Progressive Blogisphere Swept Up in Discussion of Roundabouts (Yglesias, TNR)
- Street Cameras Would Track All License Plates in Tiburon (SF Gate)
- Design the World’s “Next Wave Transportation Bike” (The Bicycle Fixation Blog, 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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