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)