Today’s Headlines
Spokesperson for Oakland Mayor Named New MTA Communications Director (City Insider) Hit-and-Run Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Running Down Four Bicyclists (ABC7, BCN via CBS5) City and Neighbors Begin Planning Process on a Better Masonic (BIKE NOPA) New BART Police Chief Rides the System to “Raise Visibility” (BCN via CBS5) Mayor Newsom Named “Clean Vehicle … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:58 AM PDT on June 18, 2010
- Spokesperson for Oakland Mayor Named New MTA Communications Director (City Insider)
- Hit-and-Run Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Running Down Four Bicyclists (ABC7, BCN via CBS5)
- City and Neighbors Begin Planning Process on a Better Masonic (BIKE NOPA)
- New BART Police Chief Rides the System to “Raise Visibility” (BCN via CBS5)
- Mayor Newsom Named “Clean Vehicle Champion” by American Lung Association (City Insider)
- The Bold Italic Spends 24 Hours at 6th and Market Streets in San Francisco
- Plans to Expand SF Ferry Service Moving Forward (SF Examiner)
- Police Task Force Will Tackle Bike Theft in London (Guardian UK)
- Climate Change Legislation Almost as Dead as Gulf Wildlife (The
Hill) - Top Enviro: To Kick Our Oil Habit, Rewrite Federal Transportation
Law (Infrastructurist) - Federal Highway Administration’s Magazine
Profiles NYCDOT’s World Class Streets - Supreme Court Split Over Environmental Regulation And Property
Rights (NYT)
Bryan Goebel is a reporter at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. A veteran journalist and writer, he helped launch Streetsblog SF in 2009 and served as editor for three years. He lives car-free in the Castro District.
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