Today’s Headlines
Great Fun at Sunday Streets on Great Highway and GG Park (Richmond SF Blog) Supervisors Hearing on Muni Safety This Morning (BCN via CBS5) Historic Streetcar Restoration to be Considered by Supes (Market Street Railway Blog) Several “Big” Transpo Projects in the Works for San Mateo County (San Mateo Daily Journal) VTA to Purchase 70 … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:02 AM PDT on August 10, 2009
- Great Fun at Sunday Streets on Great Highway and GG Park (Richmond SF Blog)
- Supervisors Hearing on Muni Safety This Morning (BCN via CBS5)
- Historic Streetcar Restoration to be Considered by Supes (Market Street Railway Blog)
- Several “Big” Transpo Projects in the Works for San Mateo County (San Mateo Daily Journal)
- VTA to Purchase 70 New Hybrid Buses (BCN via CBS5)
- Two Oakland City Council Members Propose Rolling Back New Parking Meter Hours (Oak Trib)
- The Oregonian Covers the Usual Gripes About Extended Parking Meter Enforcement in Portland
- Parking Guru Donald Shoup to Advise Santa Rosa Officials on Parking Tomorrow (Press Democrat)
- Market-Oriented Parking Policy Can Make Cities More Livable (Austin Contrarian via Streetsblog.net)
- Suspect Pleads Guilty in Hit-and-Run That Injured 8-year-old Boy in San Jose (Merc)
- South Bay Cops Plan Sting on Drivers Using Hand-Held Cellphones or Texting (Merc)
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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