Today’s Headlines
Transit Operators Get Federal Maintenance Funds (Bay Citizen, Examiner, Fast Lane) More on the Gains from Muni’s Sick Leave Policy (CBS) SF District 8 Candidates Spar Over Position on Muni Reform Measure (SFist) VTA Offers Commuter Express Service (CBS, ABC) Some Riders Rave Over WiFi on VTA Express Trains (Merc) ABC Looks at BART’s Use … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
9:05 AM PDT on October 5, 2010
- Transit Operators Get Federal Maintenance Funds (Bay Citizen, Examiner, Fast Lane)
- More on the Gains from Muni’s Sick Leave Policy (CBS)
- SF District 8 Candidates Spar Over Position on Muni Reform Measure (SFist)
- VTA Offers Commuter Express Service (CBS, ABC)
- Some Riders Rave Over WiFi on VTA Express Trains (Merc)
- ABC Looks at BART’s Use of Data and “Augemented Reality.”
- Mehserle Lawyer Seeks Second Trial in BART Slay (CBS, CoCo Times, ABC)
- Public Hearing on Road Closure in Presidio Today (Examiner)
- Pedestrian Death on Caltrain Likely Suicide (CoCo Times, Examiner)
- Peninsula Cities Sue, Again, to Stop High Speed Rail (Merc)
- San Jose Drunk Driver Gets 15 Years for Killing 2 Teens (Merc)
- Cities Responsible for Bay Pollution, Plastic Bags Newest Culprit (SF Gate)
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