Today’s Headlines
A Win for LaHood: Lobbying Group Drops Effort Against Distracted Driving Campaign (AP, WaPo) Mayor Newsom: City Will Find Money to Restore Half of Muni Service Cuts (SF Examiner) Monthly Crime Rate on Muni Decreases by Nearly 50 Percent (SF Examiner) VTA Changes Mountain View Bus Route to Stop at Senior Center (Daily News via … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:32 AM PDT on July 8, 2010
- A Win for LaHood: Lobbying Group Drops Effort Against Distracted Driving Campaign (AP, WaPo)
- Mayor Newsom: City Will Find Money to Restore Half of Muni Service Cuts (SF Examiner)
- Monthly Crime Rate on Muni Decreases by Nearly 50 Percent (SF Examiner)
- VTA Changes Mountain View Bus Route to Stop at Senior Center (Daily News via Merc)
- Peninsula Cities Again Raise Concerns About High-Speed Rail Project (BCN via CBS5)
- SF Gate: “Quandary Develops Over Orphan Block” in the Castro
- San Mateo County to Decide Tonight Whether to Raise Vehicle Registration Fees (Daily Journal)
- BIKE NOPA: DPW Explains Design of Divisadero Ped Islands While MTA Questions Them
- SMART Rejects Call to Delay Bike and Ped Path (Press Democrat)
- More on Bill to Lower Fines for Drivers Who Roll Through Stop Signs (Press Democrat)
- Red Light Camera Installed at Busy Sacramento Intersection (Sac Bee)
- Would Speed Cameras Be More Popular If You Made Them More Fun? (Grist)
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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