Today’s Headlines
MTC, Regional Transit Operators Want Local Control of Taxes for Transit (NY Times) Sac Bee Op-Ed Calls for Broad National Infrastructure Vision, Steady Transit Funding CA Transit Projects Seen as Model for National Transit Funding (SF Gate) High Speed Rail Bond Could Fund Local Operator Improvements (Examiner) Examiner Looks at Pending Muni Riders Union Mayor … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
7:59 AM PDT on March 15, 2010
- MTC, Regional Transit Operators Want Local Control of Taxes for Transit (NY Times)
- Sac Bee Op-Ed Calls for Broad National Infrastructure Vision, Steady Transit Funding
- CA Transit Projects Seen as Model for National Transit Funding (SF Gate)
- High Speed Rail Bond Could Fund Local Operator Improvements (Examiner)
- Examiner Looks at Pending Muni Riders Union
- Mayor Gavin Newsom Seeks Muni Rider for MTA Board (NBC, SF Gate)
- 1st Sunday Street of Year Brings Large Crowds to Embarcadero (SF Gate, KCBS)
- DPW Will Repave Portions of The Wiggle Ahead of Schedule (Bike NOPA)
- Biking 250 Miles of the Bay Trail in Five Days (NY Times)
- Cyclist Hospitalized in Berkeley After Hit-and-Run (CoCo Times)
- SF Appeal’s Entertaining
Critique of Myopic NYTimes SOMA
Parking Piece From Friday - Bay Area Bad Air Will Force Transportation Projects to Get Strict on Pollution (KCBS)
- South SF Letting Red Light Runners Off With Mere Warnings (CBS)
- Investigators Can’t Replicate Runaway Prius Conditions, Drivers’ Veracity Doubted (ABC)
- Mr. Roadshow Looks Into the Difficulty of Shifting Prius to Neutral at High Speeds
- London Gets Copenhagen-Blue Bike Lanes (Copenhagenize)
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