Today’s Headlines

9:07 AM PDT on July 30, 2010

Caltrain Will Issue Written Apology for Yesterday's Long Delays (Merc, SF Gate)
And There Were More Delays This Morning (SF Examiner, Merc)
Muni Issues an Official Date for Phase Out of Fast Passes (SF Examiner, BCN via CBS5)
NY Times Endorses New Federal Safety Regs for Transit
Woman, 79, Killed by Driver While Walking Dog in San Jose was an Opera Singer (Merc)
Marc Salomon: Local Efforts to Reform CEQA Are "Ill Conceived" (Fog City Journal)
MTC Awards $7.3 Million in "Livable Communities" Grants (BCN via The Appeal)
SFPD Begins Trial of Segway-like "Electric Stand-up Vehicles" (Fog City Journal, Chuck Nevius)
"Momentum for Revitalized Arts District" in Mid-Market (NY Times/Bay Citizen)
Winners Announced in Central Subway Public Arts Competition (SFist)
SMART Fails in Bid to Win MTC Funding for Rail Line and Pedestrian Path (Marin IJ)
NYT Op-Ed: Feds Sank Billions Into GM's Electric Lemon, the Volt
BIXI Bikes Make Their Debut in Toronto (Blogto)

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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