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8:40 AM PDT on October 7, 2009

    • Oakland City Council Decides to Endorse Oak Airport Connector with Additional Stop (KCBS)
    • Boy in Wheelchair Watches as Hit-and-Driver Who Injured Him is Sentenced in San Jose (Merc)
    • Marin County Woman Accused of Using 13-year-old Son as Designated Driver (SF Gate)
    • SFPD Will Halt Policy of Towing and Impounding Cars of Unlicensed Drivers (The Snitch)
    • Sacramento is also the Crash Capital of California (Sac Bee)
    • And a Bee Editorial Urges Slowing Speeds, Making Streets More Ped and Bike Friendly
    • Petaluma Rejects Plan to Make Downtown Street Safer; Wants to Consult Merchants (Press Democrat)
    • High-Speed Rail Money Will Be Released This December (Streetsblog Capitol Hill)
    • Mendocino Transit Authority Gets $606,000 in Stim Funds (Ukiah Daily Journal)
    • Melbourne Tram No. 916 to Join Muni's Historic Streetcar Fleet (Market Street Railway Blog)
    • New Book Explores Why Americans Hate, and Love, Transit (Planetizen)
    • Video Cameras Will Monitor LA's Metrolink Engineers (LAT)
    • Mercury News: "Developer Bulldozes Endangered Butterfly Habitat on San Bruno Mountain"
    • From Xtracycles to Folding Bikes, AP Takes a Look at Bicycle Trends (Associated Press)
    • Vancouver Plans to Install Its First On-Street Bicycle Parking Corral (Bike Portland)
    • It's New York vs. Portland in Battle of the Greenest (Oregonian)
Bryan Goebel
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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