Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:43 AM PDT on August 16, 2010
- German Tourist Identified as Cyclist Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver at Masonic/Turk (CBS5, SF Gate)
- BIKE NOPA Talks to a Neighbor Who Was on Scene of Crash Minutes After It Happened
- SF Examiner Story Focuses on SFMTA Plans to Improve Masonic Avenue for Bicyclists
- And BIKE NOPA Points Out Advocates Have Been Demanding Change for Years
- LA Mayor’s Conversion to Bike Advocacy and the State of Cycling in LA (AP)
- Prop 23 Could Suspend Other “Landmark Environmental Rules” (Merc)
- The Marin IJ Continues Discussion on Why BART Didn’t Happen in Marin
- George Mason University Professor on “Why Free Parking Comes at a Price” (NYT Op-Ed)
- Walk Score Adds Transit Score to Grade Transit in More than 40 Cities (T4A)
- “Who Will Pay for California’s High-Speed Rail System?” (Merc)
- Chief Engineer at GG Bridge District to Become New General Manager (City Insider)
- Crash at Mojave Desert Truck Race Kills Eight Spectators (CNN)
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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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