Today’s Headlines

• 33,000 People Died on American Roads in 2009, and That’s Considered a Success (AP, USA Today)
• Down Economy May Be Reason for Decline in Traffic Deaths, Injuries in San Francisco (SF Examiner)
• Obama Touches Briefly on Infrastructure in Combative Campaign Season Speech (NYT, TPM)
• Oberstar Offers "Grudging Praise" of Obama Spending Plan (Oregonian)
• LaHood says Trains for U.S. Transit Projects Should be Made in U.S. (Seattle Times)
• San Mateo Adopts "Three-Pronged" Approach to High-Speed Rail, Including Litigation (Daily Journal)
• Korean Designer Crafts New Crosswalk Design (Fastcodesign via Yglesias)
• Palo Alto Housing Strategy to Focus on Transit Corridors (Palo Alto Online)
• BIKE NOPA Interviews Stuart Matthews, Organizer of Fix Fell Now! Protests
• Another Gay Man says He was Assaulted on Muni; Hate Crimes Unit Investigating (BAR)
• Chevron Quietly Trying to Get It Exempted from Enviro Laws in Richmond (SF Gate, Merc)
• SFO Workers Likely to Get a Break on BART Fares (City Insider)
• City Council Opts to Rehabilitate Healdsburg Bridge, Instead of Building New One (Press Democrat)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill