Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:44 AM PDT on October 8, 2009
- Despite Rollback, Some Oakland Residents “Still Angry Over Parking” (ABC7)
- Petaluma City Council Raises Parking Fines by $5 (Press Democrat)
- Steve Jones Makes a Good Point: MTA Board Should Show Some Independence on Parking (SFBG)
- Driver Hits Woman Walking in Santa Rosa’s Fountaingrove Area (Press Democrat)
- UK Researchers say Oil Production Could Peak and Decline by 2020 (BBC)
- Melbourne Tram Joins Muni’s Historic Streetcar Fleet (Market Street Railway Blog)
- San Francisco to Purchase Cable Car Artifacts for $660,000 Over Ten Years (SF Examiner)
- Seattle Times Columnist: “Want to Create Real Jobs? Get Busy Building High-Speed Rail”
- CHSRA Unveils Alternative High-Speed Rail Routes to San Jose’s Diridon Station (Merc)
- Santa Rosa Students Mark International Walk to School Day (Press Democrat)
- Car-Crazed Miami on the Verge of Approving Bike Master Plan (Transit Miami via Streetsblog.net)
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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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