Today’s Headlines
Largest BART Union to Vote on Contract Offer Today (SF Gate, SF Examiner) Despite Court Ruling, State Funding for Public Transit May Still Be Far Off (Sac News & Review) Muni Working On “Wide Ranging Strategy” to Deal with Fare Evasion (SF Gate) SMART Board Votes to Go With Heavier American-Made Rail Cars (Press Democrat) … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:15 AM PDT on July 16, 2009
- Largest BART Union to Vote on Contract Offer Today (SF Gate, SF Examiner)
- Despite Court Ruling, State Funding for Public Transit May Still Be Far Off (Sac News & Review)
- Muni Working On “Wide Ranging Strategy” to Deal with Fare Evasion (SF Gate)
- SMART Board Votes to Go With Heavier American-Made Rail Cars (Press Democrat)
- U.S. Looks to Japan, Europe and Canada for Private Investment in High-Speed Rail (Reuters)
- SF Examiner: “Glen Park Boom Clogging Streets”
- Transbay Blog Examines Downtown Berkeley Development Plan
- California Traffic Deaths Drop to an All-Time Low (Sac Bee)
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Urges Lawmakers to Raise the Gas Tax (WaPo)
- Bike Advocate Bruce Rosar Struck and Killed By Driver in NC (DC Examiner via Streetsblog.net)
- Bicyclists Fretting Loss of Parking Meter Poles (AP)
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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