Today’s Headlines
Car Restrictions on Market Street “A Bit Closer to Reality” (SF Gate, Transbay Blog) Wade Crowfoot Leaving SF Mayor’s Office; Will Join the Environmental Defense Fund (SFBG) SF Supervisors Decide Not to Put Streets Bond Measure On the Ballot After All (SF Gate) San Carlos City Council Votes to Raise Developer Fees For “Traffic Improvement … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:00 AM PDT on July 29, 2009
- Car Restrictions on Market Street “A Bit Closer to Reality” (SF Gate, Transbay Blog)
- Wade Crowfoot Leaving SF Mayor’s Office; Will Join the Environmental Defense Fund (SFBG)
- SF Supervisors Decide Not to Put Streets Bond Measure On the Ballot After All (SF Gate)
- San Carlos City Council Votes to Raise Developer Fees For “Traffic Improvement Projects” (Merc)
- Longtime Santa Rosa Planner Resigns (Press Democrat)
- San Diego City Council Begins Crackdown on Pedicabs Following Tourist Death (SD Union-Tribune)
- Santa Cruz City Council Votes to Support Amgen Tour After Supporters Vow to Raise Money (Merc)
- Samtrans Public Hearing Tonight on Proposals to Raise Fares and Cut Service (The Almanac)
- SF Weekly: “The SF Bike Plan and Its Surprising Discontents”
- Online Bike Trip Planning: It’s Kind of Like the Manhattan Project (Bike Portland 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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