Today’s Headlines
Catch more headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill -- including the latest on the Cash for Clunkers debacle
By
Bryan Goebel
9:18 AM PDT on August 12, 2009
- ATU to Resume Negotiations with BART After Rejecting Contract (SF Gate, SF Examiner)
- Historic Streetcar Hits a Pedestrian at 9th and Market Streets (SF Gate, ABC7, CBS5, SF Appeal)
- Pedestrian Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver on Van Ness Avenue (SF Examiner)
- Toll Taker, GG Transit Bus Driver Shot Dead on the Richmond-SR Bridge (SF Gate, CBS5, Marin IJ)
- CHP Conducts a One-Day Sting to Catch Drivers Illegally Using Cell Phones (ABC7, KCBS)
- And Some Mercury News Readers are Upset There Was Advance Notice
- More Complaints About Increased Parking Enforcement in Oakland (East Bay Express)
- Parking Guru Donald Shoup Tells Santa Rosa Officials to Increase Parking Fees (Press Democrat)
- SF DPW Begins “Super Eco-Blitzes” to Clean Up Streets and Sidewalks (City Insider)
- Californians Still Using Less Gas (Sac Bee)
- Sac Bee Op-Ed: “It’s Time for Cyclists and Motorists to Reconcile”
Catch more headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill — including the latest on the Cash for Clunkers debacle
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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