Today’s Headlines
$85,000 in Claims Filed Over Last Month’s Muni Streetcar Crash (SF Examiner) Oakland City Council Expected to Roll Back Extended Parking Meter Hours (Matier & Ross) Neighbors Complaints About Student Parking in RP May Spur Parking Permits (Press Democrat) New Bay Bridge ‘S-curve’ Detour Has Led to Heavier Congestion (SF Gate) MTA’s SFgo Manager says … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:28 AM PDT on September 21, 2009
- $85,000 in Claims Filed Over Last Month’s Muni Streetcar Crash (SF Examiner)
- Oakland City Council Expected to Roll Back Extended Parking Meter Hours (Matier & Ross)
- Neighbors Complaints About Student Parking in RP May Spur Parking Permits (Press Democrat)
- New Bay Bridge ‘S-curve’ Detour Has Led to Heavier Congestion (SF Gate)
- MTA’s SFgo Manager says Signs “Are Not Crucial” to the Program’s Success (BIKE NOPA)
- More on Ray LaHood’s Plans for a “Distracted Driving Summit” (Sac Bee)
- Is the Only Way to Reduce Drunk Driving to Make Cars “Idiot-Proof”? (NYT)
- Member of MTC’s Elderly and Disabled Advisory Committee Profiled (Vacaville Reporter)
- BART Board Approves Contract Agreements with Unions (BCN via SF Appeal)
- KTVU Reports on Mountain View PRT Proposal
- New Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail Will Run from American Canyon to Napa River (Napa Post)
- Chris Carlsson Reviews David Byrne’s “Bicycle Diaries” for the Chronicle
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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