Today’s Headlines
Senate Can’t Muster the Will to Touch Transportation in Its “Climate” Bill (ClimateWire) Steve Jones: Appointing a Good SFMTA Board Member Doesn’t Redeem Newsom (SFBG) Yonah Freemark Writes About the BART/OAC Debacle (Next American City) Green Caltrain Wants the SFCTA to Help Solve Caltrain’s Funding Crisis Bayshore Caltrain Station to Get a Makeover (SF Business … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:02 AM PDT on July 15, 2010
- Senate Can’t Muster the Will to Touch Transportation in Its “Climate”
Bill (ClimateWire) - Steve Jones: Appointing a Good SFMTA Board Member Doesn’t Redeem Newsom (SFBG)
- Yonah Freemark Writes About the BART/OAC Debacle (Next American City)
- Green
Caltrain Wants the SFCTA to Help Solve Caltrain’s Funding Crisis - Bayshore Caltrain Station to Get a Makeover (SF Business Times)
- Castro Muni Riders Who Protested Cuts Will See Service Restored (BAR)
- FasTrack Sales Soar Following Bay Bridge Toll Increases (SF Examiner)
- Toll Authority Hires Firm to Help Prevent Further Cracks on Bay Bridge Span (SF Gate)
- California Sues the Feds Over Green Loan Program for Homes (SF Gate)
- NEA Grant for Arts Projects Will Help Spruce Up Mid-Market (SF Gate)
- LA Metro Rail Turns 20 Years Old (The Source)
- “Transition Tours” Will Explore SF Urban Farming, Water and Solar Projects (SF Gate)
- Stimulate This! The Growing Appeal of Highway Teardowns (Marketplace)
- Got a Question About Obama Admin’s Sustainable Communities Initiative? (Planetizen)
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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