Today’s Headlines
Delay in Money from State Leaves Muni Scrambling (CBS, BCN via Appeal) Supes Move to Block Muni Bus Ads (Examiner, BCN via Appeal) SFMTA Looking to Raise Taxes to Pay for Muni (KCBS) Muni Streetcar and Bus Collide, Injuring Many (Examiner, Sac Bee, SF Gate, KCBS, CBS) Muni Crash Video Shows Distracted Operator, Some Cameras … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
7:19 AM PDT on April 7, 2010
- Delay in Money from State Leaves Muni Scrambling (CBS, BCN via Appeal)
- Supes Move to Block Muni Bus Ads (Examiner, BCN via Appeal)
- SFMTA Looking to Raise Taxes to Pay for Muni (KCBS)
- Muni Streetcar and Bus Collide, Injuring Many (Examiner, Sac Bee, SF Gate, KCBS, CBS)
- Muni Crash Video Shows Distracted Operator, Some Cameras Fail (Examiner, SF Appeal)
- Police Make Arrest for Assault of Elderly Woman on Muni Tracks (Examiner)
- Translink Card Soon to Be Re-Branded as Clipper Cards (Examiner)
- Newsom Compares Fare-Evasion Enforcement to Whack-a-Mole (Examiner)
- Muni Diaries Introduces the Urban iPad Camouflage Case
- Is BART Fare-Cut Proposal Merely Election Year Politics (SF
Gate) - BART Bathrooms Still Closed as Security Precaution, Says BART (SF
Weekly) - Caltrain’s Future is Grim (SF Weekly)
- Caltrain Spokesperson Justifies Taser Incident (ABC)
- Thieves Hold Up Pedestrians in Berkeley (ABC)
- Palo Alto to Upgrade to LED Streetlights (Merc)
- Marin County Gets $6 Million for Bike Paths (Marin IJ)
- Great Essay on 1930s SF “Blister Butt Bicycle Boys (Bike Davis)
- Driving While Distracted Penalties Could Go Way Up (NBC, NBC, Merc)
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