Today’s Headlines
Judge Sides with Peninsula HSR Opponents; Project Could Face Big Delay (Merc, The Alamanac) Truck Driver Being Investigated for DUI After Slamming Into a Muni Bus (ABC7) 52-year-old Bicyclist Killed by a Hit-and-Run Driver in Northeast Portland (Bike Portland) “Gavin Newsom’s SUV Big Enough to Best” the Culture Bus (NBC Bay Area, SF Citizen) Santa … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:20 AM PDT on August 27, 2009
- Judge Sides with Peninsula HSR Opponents; Project Could Face Big Delay (Merc, The Alamanac)
- Truck Driver Being Investigated for DUI After Slamming Into a Muni Bus (ABC7)
- 52-year-old Bicyclist Killed by a Hit-and-Run Driver in Northeast Portland (Bike Portland)
- “Gavin Newsom’s SUV Big Enough to Best” the Culture Bus (NBC Bay Area, SF Citizen)
- Santa Rosa City Council Embraces Parking Guru Donald Shoup’s Advice (Press Democrat)
- How Many (Folding) Bikes Can You Fit in One Parking Spot? (Bike Blog NYC)
- Survey Gathers Opinions on Sacramento Plan to Allow Cars on the K Street Mall (Sac Bee)
- Seattle’s Light-Rail Passenger Counting System Hits a Snag (Seattle PI)
- Guest N-Judah Chronicles Blogger Thinks the Translink System is “Inherently Flawed”
- Bike Theft Victims Find Justice Through the Web (WSJ)
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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