Today’s Headlines
Bay Area Transit Riders Face More Cuts, Fare Increases in 2010 (SF Gate, Roadshow) BART, AC Transit to Beef Up Security for New Year’s (Matier & Ross) Fired Muni Driver Files Suit Alleging Wrongful Termination and Discrimination (The Snitch) 7-year-old Oakland Boy Riding Bicycle Critically Injured by SUV Driver (BCN via CBS5) Woman Gets Home … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:58 AM PST on December 21, 2009
- Bay Area Transit Riders Face More Cuts, Fare Increases in 2010 (SF Gate, Roadshow)
- BART, AC Transit to Beef Up Security for New Year’s (Matier & Ross)
- Fired Muni Driver Files Suit Alleging Wrongful Termination and Discrimination (The Snitch)
- 7-year-old Oakland Boy Riding Bicycle Critically Injured by SUV Driver (BCN via CBS5)
- Woman Gets Home Detention and Probation for Attack on Parking Control Officer (SF Gate)
- San Jose’s “Strong Neighborhood Initiative” Hit Hard by State Cuts (Merc)
- San Rafael Crossing Guard Arrested for DUI, Hitting Woman and Toddler in Crosswalk (Marin IJ)
- Auto VMT Still Dropping Nationwide (New Republic)
- Latest Hope for Keeping Americans Hooked on Driving: 90 Years’ Worth of Natural Gas (AP)
- Contra Costa County Firefighters to Give Away 400 Bicycles to Kids (BCN via CBS5)
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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