Today’s Headlines
Muni Advocates Worry Mayor Newsom Will End Momentary MTA Board Independence (SF Weekly) SF Supes Seek Muni Performance Review as PCOs Speak Out on Layoffs (KCBS) SFMTA Expects to Re-time Lights in March on Oak and Fell to Calm Traffic (Bike NOPA) BART Could Lay Off Workers to Stave Off Budget Shortfall (CCT) Oakland Mayor … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
8:52 AM PST on January 21, 2010
- Muni Advocates Worry Mayor Newsom Will End Momentary MTA Board Independence (SF Weekly)
- SF Supes Seek Muni Performance Review as PCOs Speak Out on Layoffs (KCBS)
- SFMTA Expects to Re-time Lights in March on Oak and Fell to Calm Traffic (Bike NOPA)
- BART Could Lay Off Workers to Stave Off Budget Shortfall (CCT)
- Oakland Mayor Dellums Negotiates Delay to Planned Oakland Port Trucker Strike (CCT)
- Storm Causes Numerous Problems for Commuters, Highway 101 Closed Due to Flooding
- Man in 101 Crash Dives for Safety from Hydroplaning Car, Falls, Dies on Bike Path Below (Merc)
- San Jose Driver Flees on Foot After Striking 5-year-old (CBS)
- Controversial Car Insurance Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot (SF Gate) (CCT)
- Am. Enterprise Winger Calls Half a Century of Sprawl “Democratizing,” Warns of “War on Suburbia”
- Wired Analyzes Job Creation From Highways Versus Transit
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