Today’s Headlines
“Gas-Guzzlin” City of San Francisco Spends $25 Million a Year on Fuel (SF Appeal) State Offers Major Tax Breaks to Toyota to Keep the Nummi Fremont Plant Open (SF Gate) MTA’s New Insurance Policy Will Likely Cover Claims in Recent Crashes (SF Gate) Phil Matier in a Huff Over Tickets for Idling Cars in Oakland … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:16 AM PDT on August 6, 2009
- “Gas-Guzzlin” City of San Francisco Spends $25 Million a Year on Fuel (SF Appeal)
- State Offers Major Tax Breaks to Toyota to Keep the Nummi Fremont Plant Open (SF Gate)
- MTA’s New Insurance Policy Will Likely Cover Claims in Recent Crashes (SF Gate)
- Phil Matier in a Huff Over Tickets for Idling Cars in Oakland Bus Stops (CBS 5)
- Merchants Association Urges Support for Continued Funding of Seattle’s Free Transit Zone (Seattle PI)
- David Lazarus: “U.S. Public Transit Improvements Will Be a Tough Sell”
- Caltrain Trains Get a Little Quieter (SF Examiner)
- France Pushes “Further Ahead” on High-Speed Rail (UK Guardian)
- 65-year-old Mountain View Bicyclist Vies for the Gold at National Senior Games (Merc)
- New Website Touts Bike Tourism in Oregon (Bike Portland)
- Danish Gov’t Promotes Pedestrian Helmets (Copenhagenize 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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