Today’s Headlines
Media Post-Crash Scrutiny of Muni Begins: Feds Say Injuries Up on Trains (AP) And More on the Investigation and Release of Surveillance Video (ABC7, CBS5) MTC Approves $140 Million for Oakland Airport Connector on 10-3 Vote (BCN via CBS5) SFCTA Study Says the City Lacks Funding to Repair Cracked, Dangerous Sidewalks (SF Examiner) More on … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:16 AM PDT on July 23, 2009
- Media Post-Crash Scrutiny of Muni Begins: Feds Say Injuries Up on Trains (AP)
- And More on the Investigation and Release of Surveillance Video (ABC7, CBS5)
- MTC Approves $140 Million for Oakland Airport Connector on 10-3 Vote (BCN via CBS5)
- SFCTA Study Says the City Lacks Funding to Repair Cracked, Dangerous Sidewalks (SF Examiner)
- More on Samtrans’ Budget Crisis and Plan to Cut Service, Raise Fares (SF Examiner)
- Additional Delays in Store for New Bay Bridge Eastern Span (Bay City News, SF Gate)
- House Set to Vote on High-Speed Rail Funding Today (NY Times)
- Design for Anaheim Transportation Center Unveiled (CHSRB)
- Oberstar on Raising the Gas Tax: “Congress Decides, Not the Administration” (PBS)
- Oregon Rep Blumenauer Introduces “Green Routes to Work Act” (Bike Portland)
- Minority Contractors Demand Share of Stimulus Money (New America Media)
- Davis Makes the Copenhagenize Top Bike-Friendly Cities List (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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