Today’s Headlines
BART Officials Find Sponsor to Carry Watered Down Civilian Oversight Bill (SF Gate) Mercury News Speculates on HSR Ruling: “A Possible Setback” for Caltrain Anaheim’s HSR Hub Would Become a “Prominent Piece of Green Architecture” (LAT) Survey Gauges Opinions on Golden Gate Bus and Ferry Service (Marin IJ) Car Rear Ends a 24-Divisadero Bus on … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:28 AM PDT on August 28, 2009
- BART Officials Find Sponsor to Carry Watered Down Civilian Oversight Bill (SF Gate)
- Mercury News Speculates on HSR Ruling: “A Possible Setback” for Caltrain
- Anaheim’s HSR Hub Would Become a “Prominent Piece of Green Architecture” (LAT)
- Survey Gauges Opinions on Golden Gate Bus and Ferry Service (Marin IJ)
- Car Rear Ends a 24-Divisadero Bus on 3rd Street (SF Appeal)
- Man Killed After Being Hit by a Car on Highway 88 in San Joaquin County (Napa Post)
- Toyota Makes It Official: It’s Pulling Out of Fremont’s NUMMI Plant (SF Gate)
- San Jose Seeks Input on Its Bike Plan (Merc)
- President Goes for a Bike Ride at Martha’s Vineyard (Huff Po)
- Some Day It Will Be Obvious: Downtown Freeways a Horrible Idea (Broken Sidewalk via Sblog.net)
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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