Today’s Headlines
Media Coverage of Better Market Street Trial Generally Positive (SF Gate, ABC7, Merc) European Bicycle Planners Tour the Bay Area; Give Talk at SFMTA (SF Appeal, NBC11, KCBS) U.S. DOT Distracted Driving Summit Starts Today: Follow It Here (Fast Lane via Streetsblog.net) Governor Schwarzenegger to Host “Global Climate Summit”; Sponsors Include Chevron (Sac Bee) Climate … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:51 AM PDT on September 30, 2009
- Media Coverage of Better Market Street Trial Generally Positive (SF Gate, ABC7, Merc)
- European Bicycle Planners Tour the Bay Area; Give Talk at SFMTA (SF Appeal, NBC11, KCBS)
- U.S. DOT Distracted Driving Summit Starts Today: Follow It Here (Fast Lane via Streetsblog.net)
- Governor Schwarzenegger to Host “Global Climate Summit”; Sponsors Include Chevron (Sac Bee)
- Climate Change-Denying U.S. Chamber of Commerce Losing Members (NYT)
- Berkeley City Council Gives Tentative Nod to Adding More Parking Meters, Raising Rates (SF Gate)
- 300 Page Review Blasts BART Police and Calls for Sweeping Reforms (SF Gate, ABC7)
- Mayor Newsom Promises New Safety Measures for Muni (SF Examiner)
- The Transport Politic: “San Jose Charts a Renewal of Its Struggling Light Rail Network”
- Residents Continue to Complain About Caltrain Horns (San Mateo County Times)
- MTC Looks to Change Oversight of Translink (City Insider)
- Solano Transpo Authority Gets Stim Funds to Promote Transit, Add New Buses (Coco Times)
- San Rafael to Begin Using Red Light Cameras at 10 Intersections Today (Marin IJ)
- L.A.’s Draft Bike Plan Lacks Vision, Substance and Won’t Change Much (Streetsblog LA)
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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