Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.
By
Bryan Goebel
8:53 AM PST on January 4, 2010
- Schwarzenegger Has the Gall to Consider Raiding Transit Funds Again (LAT, SF Examiner)
- Transit Agencies Nationwide Continue to Face Deficits and Cuts (WSJ)
- Transit Ridership Apparently Down Across the Country But Not in San Francisco (City Insider)
- MTA Asking Vendors to Reduce Contracts by 3 Percent to Help Shave Deficit (SF Examiner)
- NY Times: San Francisco’s “Ambitious Downtown Transit Project is at Hand”
- Port of Oakland Truckers Get Help to Comply With New Environmental Rules (KCBS, ABC7, SFBG)
- Proposal Would Require California Developers to Study Effects of Freeway Pollution (Coco Times)
- Two North Bay Cities Refuse Money for Dense Development Along SMART Rail Line (Marin IJ)
- Chronicle Writes About Adam Greenfield’s Year of Living Truly Car-Free (SF Gate)
- Palo Alto to Begin Planting 60 Trees on California Avenue (Palo Alto Online)
- Will 2010 Be the Year That States Get Serious About Outlawing Distracted Driving? (NYT)
- Achtung! Bono Wants to Revive Boomer Fantasy of Sexy Cars (NYT)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.
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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