Today’s Headlines
BART Labor Talks Extend Beyond Midnight Deadline; So Far, No Strike (SF Gate, ABC7, CBS5) Potential Transit Options if There is a Strike (KGO Radio) Muni’s Failed Culture Bus Set to End August 15th (SFist) Mayor Newsom Says He Didn’t Talk About Muni Crash Because No One Asked Him (SF Gate) Meantime, His Environmental Chief … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:23 AM PDT on July 31, 2009
- BART Labor Talks Extend Beyond Midnight Deadline; So Far, No Strike (SF Gate, ABC7, CBS5)
- Potential Transit Options if There is a Strike (KGO Radio)
- Muni’s Failed Culture Bus Set to End August 15th (SFist)
- Mayor Newsom Says He Didn’t Talk About Muni Crash Because No One Asked Him (SF Gate)
- Meantime, His Environmental Chief May Be Headed to the Obama Administration (SF Gate)
- GG Bridge District Wants Reimbursement for Lost Tolls During Doyle Drive Construction (KCBS)
- Novato DPW to Paint Crosswalk at Intersection Where 9-year-old Girl Was Killed by Driver (Marin IJ)
- “Cash for Clunkers” Funds Dry Up — Now Car Dealers Want More Taxpayer $ (NYT, Post)
- Bike Culture in the UK (Guardian via Let’s Go Ride a Bike)
- Tucson Gets Its First Sharrows, And They’re in the Middle of the Traffic Lane (TBL 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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