Today’s Headlines
AC Transit to Hold Series of Public Meetings on Proposed Service Cuts (SF Gate) SamTrans Proposal Would Prevent Coastal Routes from Being Eliminated (Half Moon Bay Review) Firm with Ties to Schwarzenegger to be Awarded High-Speed Rail Public Relations Contract (LAT) Bay Bridge Closure Will Allow Crews to Fix Potholes, Lights and Make Other Repairs … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:02 AM PDT on September 3, 2009
- AC Transit to Hold Series of Public Meetings on Proposed Service Cuts (SF Gate)
- SamTrans Proposal Would Prevent Coastal Routes from Being Eliminated (Half Moon Bay Review)
- Firm with Ties to Schwarzenegger to be Awarded High-Speed Rail Public Relations Contract (LAT)
- Bay Bridge Closure Will Allow Crews to Fix Potholes, Lights and Make Other Repairs (SF Gate)
- Shared Streets, Big City: In Experiment, London Will Shut Down Traffic Lights (Wheels)
- NPR Considers the Benefits of Multi-Modal Transit Networks
- Woman Dies After Being Struck by a Greyhound Bus in Downtown Sacramento (Sac Bee)
- Girl Hit and Injured by a Driver While Crossing Jefferson Street in Napa (Napa Post)
- Memorials for Bicyclists Killed by Drivers in Toronto and Tulsa (CTV, Toronto Star, KJRH)
- Facebook Joins List of Companies Providing Shuttle Service to its SF Employees (Tech Crunch)
- North Beach Library, Site of Temporary Plaza, Could Be Declared Historic Landmark (SF Examiner)
- Sonoma Bicycle Closes Its Santa Rosa Shop (Press Democrat)
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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