Today’s Headlines
After Balking, Gov Signs Gas Tax Swap Bill; Transit Funds Coming (SF Gate, CoCo Times) Sacto Regional Transit Declares State of Emergency, Stalls on Cuts (Sac Bee) Muni Adds Stop IDs at Bus Stops to Facilitate 511 and Nextbus Directions (Examiner) Tips For Getting Worn Bills in Muni Machines (Slowing or Speeding Boarding?) (SFist) Good … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
8:06 AM PDT on March 23, 2010
- After Balking, Gov Signs Gas Tax Swap Bill; Transit Funds Coming (SF Gate, CoCo Times)
- Sacto Regional Transit Declares State of Emergency, Stalls on Cuts (Sac Bee)
- Muni Adds Stop IDs at Bus Stops to Facilitate 511 and Nextbus Directions (Examiner)
- Tips For Getting Worn Bills in Muni Machines (Slowing or Speeding Boarding?) (SFist)
- Good Profile of San Jose/Guerrero Neighborhood and Gillian Gillette (SF Gate)
- More Than Half Of SF Taxi Fleet Hybrids, Natural Gas (SF Gate, Examiner , KCBS)
- Musings From Meligrosa on Women and Bicycles in SF (Bikes
and the City) - Look Out Segway, Here Comes the Motorized Bar Stool (SF Weekly)
- SF Tour Bus Narrowly Avoids Serious Crash After Brakes Fail (BCN via Appeal)
- Third Street A Step Closer to Being “Willie J Brown Junior Boulevard” (NBC)
- Mountainview to Approve High Speed Rail Conceptual Consultant (Merc)
- Ugly Road Rage Incident in Oakland Includes Man Tackling Elderly Woman (CBS)
- Now That Healthcare Bill Passed, Will Obama Reform Transpo Funding? (Bike Portland)
- Streetsblog LA Has an Excellent Roundup of Street Summit Event Last Week
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