Today’s Headlines
ATU Members Approve BART Contract (KCBS, CBS5, ABC7) 145 BART Train Operators Earned More Than $20,000 in Overtime (SF Gate) More on the Bay Bridge Labor Day Closure (Merc) San Rafael’s D Street Opened to Two-Way Traffic (Marin IJ) Muni Fare Evaders Get $75 Fines During Sting (Mission Loc@l) SF Gate: “Mission Bay Becoming a Real Neighborhood” … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
10:08 AM PDT on August 26, 2009
- ATU Members Approve BART Contract (KCBS, CBS5, ABC7)
- 145 BART Train Operators Earned More Than $20,000 in Overtime (SF Gate)
- More on the Bay Bridge Labor Day Closure (Merc)
- San Rafael’s D Street Opened to Two-Way Traffic (Marin IJ)
- Muni Fare Evaders Get $75 Fines During Sting (Mission Loc@l)
- SF Gate: “Mission Bay Becoming a Real Neighborhood”
- Software Firms Tap the Market for Curbing Txting-While-Driving (WSJ)
- Seattle DOT Looking to Expand On-Street Bike Parking (Car Free Days via Streetsblog.net)
- Oakland Businesses Still Steamed Over Parking Meter Changes (SF Gate)
- Mayor Newsom Talks Bike Lanes with Mexico City Mayor (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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