Today’s Headlines

MTA Institutes Fee Increases on Residential Parking Permits (CBS, BCN via Appeal) Van Crashes into Muni T-Third Train (CBS, ABC, KCBS, NBC) Mayor Newsom Still Accepting Nominations for MTA Board (SF Appeal) SF’s Old Streetcars Languish and Rot in Missouri (Market St. Railway) Chronicle Op-Ed: BART Civil Right Complaint Hurt Oakland Palestinian Activists Put Up … Continued

By Matthew Roth

8:02 AM PDT on April 1, 2010

MTA Institutes Fee Increases on Residential Parking Permits (CBS, BCN via Appeal)
Van Crashes into Muni T-Third Train (CBS, ABC, KCBS, NBC)
Mayor Newsom Still Accepting Nominations for MTA Board (SF Appeal)
SF’s Old Streetcars Languish and Rot in Missouri (Market St. Railway)
Chronicle Op-Ed: BART Civil Right Complaint Hurt Oakland
Palestinian Activists Put Up Protest Posters in BART (Oak Trib)
Bay Bridge Eyebar Fracture Is Design Flaw on Every Other Eyebar, Too (KALW)
Extension and Debate on High Speed Rail Environmental Document (Merc, SF Biz Times)
Berkeley Could Daylight Strawberry Creek (NBC)
Transpo Groups Hopeful Earmarks Will Improve Marin, Sonoma Issues (Press Dem)
Feds to Ban Texting by Bus, Truck Drivers (Fast Lane, AP via Merc)
Mission Credit Union Offers Bike Loans (SF Appeal)
30 Days of Biking in April Campaign Goes Global (Minn Star Trib)
Motolicious Encourages Drivers to Stop Using Phrase “Car Enthusiast”
Microsoft and Ford Strike Deal on Electric Car-Charging Meter (AP via Merc)
Despite Stuck Pedal Scandal, Toyota Sales Jump 40 Percent in March (AP via CoCo)