Today’s Headlines
Report: BART Police Mishandled Disturbance That Led to Fatal Shooting (Matier & Ross, ABC7) Menlo Park Resident Files Lawsuit in Attempt to Thwart High-Speed Rail Plans (Merc) SF Supes Approve Contract to Renovate 16 Historic Streetcars (Market Street Railway Blog) Press Democrat: “Santa Rosa Bus Drivers Agree to Pay Concessions” Portland and Seattle Having “Free … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:36 AM PDT on August 19, 2009
- Report: BART Police Mishandled Disturbance That Led to Fatal Shooting (Matier & Ross, ABC7)
- Menlo Park Resident Files Lawsuit in Attempt to Thwart High-Speed Rail Plans (Merc)
- SF Supes Approve Contract to Renovate 16 Historic Streetcars (Market Street Railway Blog)
- Press Democrat: “Santa Rosa Bus Drivers Agree to Pay Concessions”
- Portland and Seattle Having “Free Transit/Fareless Square Issues” (Rebuilding Place)
- Santa Rosa Gets Its First Bike Boulevard (Press Democrat)
- American Cities Start Getting Serious About Bike Parking (Slate)
- An Interview with the SFBC’s Program Manager, Marc Caswell (BIKE NOPA)
- New Muni Bus Shelters to Feature Free WiFi But Not Until 2013 (SFist)
- $900,000 Safe Routes to Schools Grant to Improve Ped Conditions in Homestead Valley (Marin IJ)
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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