Today’s Headlines
Car-free Fun in the Streets of Oakland as the City Celebrates Oaklavia (SF Gate, Oakland Local) Matier & Ross: “Big BART Fare Rollback Gets Whittled Down” BART Board Member Lynette Sweet Wants Tasers Removed from Police Force (ABC7) More Troubling SFPD Bias Against Bicyclists (BIKE NOPA) Complaints that Some Drivers Unfairly Targeted in Placard Abuse … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:01 AM PDT on June 28, 2010
- Car-free Fun in the Streets of Oakland as the City Celebrates Oaklavia (SF Gate, Oakland Local)
- Matier & Ross: “Big BART Fare Rollback Gets Whittled Down”
- BART Board Member Lynette Sweet Wants Tasers Removed from Police Force (ABC7)
- More Troubling SFPD Bias Against Bicyclists (BIKE NOPA)
- Complaints that Some Drivers Unfairly Targeted in Placard Abuse Enforcement (SF Examiner)
- San Joaquin County to Widen Some Roads to Install Bike Lanes (Manteca Bulletin)
- New Bay Bridge Tolls Set to Take Effect Thursday: “Changes May Lead to Tie Ups” (SF Gate)
- U.S. Racks Up Largest Bill for Unpaid London Congestion Charges (Associated Press)
- EIR on Stanford Med Center’s Expansion Identifies 44 “Significant Impacts” (Palo Alto Online)
- BP Buys Off Boycotters With Cheap Gas (NY Daily News)
- Things Are Tough All Over: PRT Dreams Shattered From Minnesota
to Abu Dhabi (Biz
Week, Avidor) - Vacant Lot in Downtown Bolinas to Become a Community Park (Marin IJ)
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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