Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Matthew Roth
9:06 AM PST on December 16, 2009
- High Speed Rail Business Plan Floats Higher Ticket Prices (CBS 5) (KCBS) (NBC)
- Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan Hearing Period Extended (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Some Automated Muni Street Name Announcements Have Unusual Texas Twang (CBS 5)
- BART’s Carpets Are Foul, Admits Spokesman, New Floors Good For Many Reasons (SF Weekly)
- Oakland Truckers Protest New Emissions Standards (CBS 5) (KCBS) (SFBG)
- Readers Defend Mr. Roadshow’s Position on Carpoolers Parking in Front of Strangers’ Homes
- Palo Alto Eases Parking Restrictions for Holidays, Gridlocked Curbs to Follow (Merc)
- Levi Leipheimer’s GranFondo Ride Next October Already Filling Up (Press Dem)
- Those Great New LED Streetlights Burn Too Cool to Melt Snow in Cold Cities (Merc)
- How Parking Standards Affect Housing Affordability (Reconnecting)
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