Today’s Headlines
High-Speed Rail Authority Rejects Settlement Offer from Peninsula Cities (Merc, CHSRB) MTA Board to Hold Workshop Tomorrow to Consider Funding Ideas (SF Gate) Pacifica Man Ordered to Stand Trail in Killing of Pedestrian (Merc) Driver Hits, Injures Two Pedestrians in Mill Valley (Marin IJ) Raging Driver Kills Bronx Dad Crossing Street With Young Son, Injures … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:12 AM PDT on July 13, 2009
- High-Speed Rail Authority Rejects Settlement Offer from Peninsula Cities (Merc, CHSRB)
- MTA Board to Hold Workshop Tomorrow to Consider Funding Ideas (SF Gate)
- Pacifica Man Ordered to Stand Trail in Killing of Pedestrian (Merc)
- Driver Hits, Injures Two Pedestrians in Mill Valley (Marin IJ)
- Raging Driver Kills Bronx Dad Crossing Street With Young Son, Injures 12 More (Post, News, NYT)
- Canyon Country Man Arrested in Death of Bicyclist in Angeles National Forest (LAT)
- Plan to Revitalize San Jose’s Julian Street with Dense Housing Moving Forward (Merc)
- “Economy Casts Shadow” on Oakland’s 10K Housing Initiative (SF Gate)
- The White House Office of Urban Policy Is Finally Getting Busy This Week (WaPo)
- The Rising Costs of Obesity in the Bay Area (BCN via CBS5)
- Still on the Books: 1950s-era Ban on Bike Parking in Jacksonville CBD (Bike Jax 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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