Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:15 AM PDT on September 9, 2010
- 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)
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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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