Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.
8:55 AM PST on January 5, 2010
- Crash Between 19-Polk Bus and Truck Leaves Seven in the Hospital (SF Examiner, NBC)
- MTA Finally Confirms Photography Policy on Buses and in Vehicles (SF Appeal)
- TransLink Card to be Rebranded as “Clipper” (SF Examiner)
- Higher Fast Pass Rate Takes Some TransLink Users by Surprise (SF Examiner)
- MTA Finishes Updating All 1,070 Muni Maps with Service Changes (SF Examiner)
- Rec and Park Installing 35 New Navigational Signs in Golden Gate Park (SF Examiner)
- Man Killed in Crash with Caltrain on New Year’s Eve Identified (Merc)
- Despite Lower Ridership Numbers, Caltrain Budget Running a Slight Surplus (SF Examiner)
- The Staggeringly Sad State of American High-Speed Rail (NYT)
- Are Wal-Mart Parking Lots the Most Violent Places in America? (HuffPo)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.
Michael Rhodes is a former reporter for Streetsblog San Francisco. He lives in the Mission Dolores neighborhood and is a graduate of UC Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning.
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