Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Matthew Roth
9:01 AM PDT on August 21, 2009
- Examiner Does Funny Bit of Adding to Make BART Unions Look Bad. Bottom Line: Talks Expensive
- Doyle Drive Closure This Weekend While Crews Cut Down Trees (SF Gate) (Examiner)
- Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Filed by Parents of a Boy Killed by Truck in Berkeley (SF Gate)
- Caltrans Re-opens Richmond Bridge Toll Booth Where Worker Fatally Shot (CoCo Times)
- Marin Deputies Watched While Richmond Bridge Shooter Went on Rampage (CoCo Times)
- Four Children Seriously Injured in Pittsburg Car Crash Weren’t Buckled In (CoCo Times) (Merc)
- New AAA Study Shows Dangers of Driving While Medicated, Particularly for Seniors (Sac Bee)
- Driver Using Oxycontin Not Charged for Crushing Girl-Scout Mom, Forcing Leg Amputation (SF Gate)
- Port of Oakland Truckers Scramble to Install Diesel Retrofits (Oak Trib)
- Mr Roadshow Anticipates Opening of Tunnels at Devil’s Slide on Rt. 1 (Merc)
- Perverse Op-Ed Tries to Make Federalism Argument About Texting-While-Driving Ban (Examiner)
- In Memoriam: “Cash for Clunkers” (SF Gate) (Sac Bee)
- Subsidizing Car Purchases: Smart or Dumb? Kossacks Weigh In
- Traffic Noise Could Be Ruining Sex-Life of Urban Frogs in Australia (AP, via Merc)
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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