Today’s Headlines
Driver Who Hit a Young Girl and Her Mother in Burlingame Won’t Be Charged (SF Gate) Merc: “Officials Struggle to Help Palo Alto Deal with Another Caltrain Death” More About What Muni is Doing to Improve Safety in Wake of Crashes (SF Gate) Bicyclist Seriously Injured in Crash on Highway 92 in San Mateo County … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
11:05 AM PDT on August 24, 2009
- Driver Who Hit a Young Girl and Her Mother in Burlingame Won’t Be Charged (SF Gate)
- Merc: “Officials Struggle to Help Palo Alto Deal with Another Caltrain Death”
- More About What Muni is Doing to Improve Safety in Wake of Crashes (SF Gate)
- Bicyclist Seriously Injured in Crash on Highway 92 in San Mateo County (BCN via CBS5)
- Swiss Official Demands That Google Remove Street View Images (Merc)
- NUMMI Auto Plant is Closing So Why is It Still Hiring? (ABC 7)
- Burlingame Installs Parking Meters on “Last Free Lot” (KCBS)
- Confronting the Tragic Fixation on Easy Parking (Sustainable Savannah via Streetsblog.net)
- San Jose Bicyclists Ride in a “Bike Party” on the Streets (CBS 5)
- Golden Gate Park Could Begin Testing a Bike Share Program (City Insider)
- Lotsa Fun at the 24th Street BART Station Flashdance Saturday Night (Mission Loc@l)
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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