Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:59 AM PDT on September 7, 2010
- President Obama Calls for $50B Infrastructure Investment to Create Jobs (NYT, USA Today)
- T4A Praises Obama’s Initiative as “Much Needed Help to the Economy” (T4A)
- TransForm Ups Campaign to Stop OAC; Urges Folks to Email on Eve of Vote (TransForm)
- Muni Collisions in Last Quarter Increased Six Percent (SF Examiner)
- Are Muni Drivers Planning a Sickout This Month? (City Insider, N-Judah Chronicles)
- SFPD to Boost Enforcement of 25MPH Speed Limit on Masonic Avenue (BIKE NOPA)
- And the Agency Will Also Launch a Month-Long Pedestrian Safety Enforcement (SFist)
- Cheryl Brinkman Sworn in as SFMTA Board Member; 1st Meeting Today (BIKE NOPA, Fog City Journal)
- In Separate Crashes, Drivers Kill SF Woman, Leave Another on Life Support (SF Gate)
- Driver Beats Up Man He Nearly Hit in SF Crosswalk (SF Gate)
- NPR’s “Living on Earth” Looks at State of Cycling in L.A. (LOE.org via Streetsblog LA)
- 24-Hour Strike Causes Major Disruption for Millions of Tube Passengers in London (BBC)
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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