Today’s Headlines

MTC Hires 20 New Workers to Help Iron Out Clipper Problems (SF Examiner)
Ca. HSR CEO Pledges Project “Will Be Built” Despite Challenges (SF Business Times, ABC7)
VTA to Begin Running Some Faster Light-Rail Trains Monday (Merc)
Campaigns For and Against Prop. 23 Launch New TV Ads (LAT)
The Progress Report has a Good Rundown of the Battle Over Prop. 23
Grist Interviews Congressman Earl Blumenauer about Livable Communities
Columnist Recaps Caltrain’s Financial Woes (Mercury News)
LA Times: “Ghost Bikes Stand in Memory of Fallen Cyclists”
“The Idea Now Is to Look Like a Pedestrian on Wheels” (NYT via Sblog NY)
Meditating on Muni: N-Judah Chronicles Suggests Some Relaxing Lines to Ride
What Are the Top Ten Reasons Dave Pokes Fun at Ped Plazas? (WSJ, NYT via Sblog NY)
“Captain Bicycle Shorts” Gives Sonoma County Kids Bicycling Lessons (Press Democrat)