Today’s Headlines
Train Operators and Station Agents Union Votes to Reject BART Contract (SF Gate, ABC7) Mercury News Op-Ed Argues California Must Find Long-Term Transit Funding Solution New York Governor Picks Jay Walder to Head NY MTA (NYT, Post, Newsday, NY1) SFMTA Board Votes 4-3 to Secure Catastrophe Insurance Coverage (SF Gate) SF Supes Approve Plan to Install … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:18 AM PDT on July 15, 2009
- Train Operators and Station Agents Union Votes to Reject BART Contract (SF Gate, ABC7)
- Mercury News Op-Ed Argues California Must Find Long-Term Transit Funding Solution
- New York Governor Picks Jay Walder to Head NY MTA (NYT, Post, Newsday, NY1)
- SFMTA Board Votes 4-3 to Secure Catastrophe Insurance Coverage (SF Gate)
- SF Supes Approve Plan to Install Parking Meters in Golden Gate Park (SF Examiner)
- California Has 39 Competitors for High-Speed Rail Funding (CHSRB)
- SMART Board Favors Heavier Rail Cars (Press Democrat)
- High-Speed Rail “at Heart of UK Plan’s” to Reduce Carbon Emissions (UK Guardian)
- Four Development Options Proposed at Site of Former Menlo Park Cadillac Dealership (Merc)
- Dangerous Stretch of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Eyed for Improvements (Marin IJ)
- Butte County Bicyclist Injured in Crash (ChicoEr.com)
- UK Boy Loses Fight to Bicycle to School (Bike Radar)
- Vélib Turns Two Today (World Streets 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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