Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:09 AM PDT on August 26, 2010
- More Than a Hundred People Pay Tribute to Yannick Linke at Candlelight Memorial (BIKE NOPA)
- Survey: 17 Million Americans May Have Driven Drunk in the Last Year (Bloomberg)
- BART Spent More than $6 Million to Deal with Aftermath of Oscar Grant Shooting (SF Gate)
- Metrolink Offers $200 Million Settlement to Victims of 2008 Chatsworth Rail Disaster (LAT)
- Assembly Okays Bill to Slash Fines for Drivers Who Make Rolling Red-Light Turns (Sac Bee, Marin IJ)
- KALW News: “Port of Oakland Redevelopment has Potential to Revive Oakland”
- SFMTA Chief Nat Ford Urges Riders to Support Federal Transit Funding (SF Examiner, SFMTA)
- Petaluma Neighbors Circulate Petition Opposing Bike Boulevard (Press Democrat)
- Sales of New Single-Family Homes Drop to an All-Time Low (Observer)
- NYCDOT’s Park Smart Pilot Has Cut Traffic in Park Slope (Streetsblog NY)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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