Today Headlines
15-year-old Boy “Badly Injured” in Tiburon Hit-and-Run (CBS5) San Rafael Cyclist Critically Injured by Driver in Crash on San Lucas Road (Marin IJ) PARK(ing) Day One Sign of “Shift Away From the Dominance” of the Automobile (SF Gate Op-Ed) Presidio Trust to Close Roads in Traffic Calming Experiment (Matier & Ross, SF Examiner) SF Business … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:43 AM PDT on September 18, 2009
- 15-year-old Boy “Badly Injured” in Tiburon Hit-and-Run (CBS5)
- San Rafael Cyclist Critically Injured by Driver in Crash on San Lucas Road (Marin IJ)
- PARK(ing) Day One Sign of “Shift Away From the Dominance” of the Automobile (SF Gate Op-Ed)
- Presidio Trust to Close Roads in Traffic Calming Experiment (Matier & Ross, SF Examiner)
- SF Business Times: “What Does San Francisco Really Want Market Street to Be?”
- SFPD’s Ingelside Station to Launch “Operation Safe Muni” (BCN via CBS5)
- MTA Chief Nat Ford Sits Down for a 20-Minute On-Camera Interview with the SF Appeal
- John King Writes About P2P Plazas as New Public Art Spaces (SF Gate)
- Dumbarton Bridge Due for a Retrofit (SF Examiner)
- LA to Vegas High-Speed Rail Project Gets $45 Million in Federal Funds (LAT)
- Report: Spend HSR Money Where the Most People Would Use It (NY Observer)
- India’s “Ladies Special” Train Service a Respite From Harassment By Male Commuters (NYT)
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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