Todays’ Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:02 AM PDT on October 27, 2010
- SF Supes Approve 20 Percent by 2020 Bicycle Mode Share Goal (SF Examiner)
- MTC Expected to Approve Funds Today for SF, Peninsula Bike Share Pilot (SF Gate)
- MTC to Announce $14 Million in Grants for Electric Vehicles (Mercury News)
- Grand Boulevard Initiative Gets $1 Million TIGER II Grant (Millbrae Patch)
- Redwood City to Sign Letter Urging Congressional Reps to Secure more HSR Funding (Daily News)
- Ca. HSR Chief “Admits Lapses in Disclosing Foreign Travel” (LAT)
- Republican Congressman Dan Lungren Calls HSR Example of “Silliness of Liberal Policies” (Sac Bee)
- Ray LaHood to NPR: “Drivers Should Never Use Cell Phones”
- Donald Shoup Argues Graduated Parking Fines are Better for Deterring Chronic Violators (LAT)
- Injured Seattle Cyclist “Would Trade $8 Million Settlement to Get His Life Back” (Seattle Times)
- Study: Climate Change Threatens California Parks (SF Gate)
- SMART Officials Visit Japan to Examine Rail Cars (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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