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)
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