Today’s Headlines

AC Transit Ordered into Arbitration with Union, Buses Still Running (CBS, SF Gate)
It Was a Bad Weekend for Cyclists and Peds (CBS, CBS, Merc, ABC)
Traffic Changes and Homeless Concerns at Transbay Terminal Site (SF Gate, SF Gate)
Van Ness Auto Row Buildings Could Get Historic Status (Examiner)
Alioto-Pier Wants SFPD Background Checks for Parking Garage Licenses (Examiner)
Target Could be Coming to Masonic and Geary (Bike NOPA, Examiner, Examiner)
Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barrier Could Be Cleared Soon (SF Gate)
Sausalito’s Demand-Responsive Parking Gets Cool Review in Press (Marin IJ)
Fossils Unearthed in Construction of Caldecott Tunnel 4th Bore (KCBS, CoCo Times)
Mixed-Use Developments Much Better for Tax Rolls than Big-Box Stores (Citiwire)
2 Million Party on Closed Portion of Autobahn, Making Huge Ciclovia (ABC)

mikesonn

Electric Cars and the grid.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/19/BU0M1EF33T.DTL
Jeffrey W. Baker

My AC Transit transbay commuter bus (V line) missed two runs in a row this morning, which is unusual. Arbitration or not, AC Transit might be experiencing a labor sick-out or slowdown
mikesonn

This was also interesting.

The high price of BART’s expansion
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/BARTs-price-of-expansion-98637079.html
tony

I had a terrible time with AC Transit this weekend. Twice my bus never showed.