Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:58 AM PST on November 15, 2010
- Unbelievable: Connecticut Driver Who Killed Young Bicyclist Sues the Victim’s Family (AP)
- SF Examiner Frames Plans to Increase Transit and Bike Lanes as “Battle to Be King of the Road”
- Berkeley to Install Speed Tables; The Chronicle Calls It “New Way to Torment Motorists”
- SFMTA Racing to Find Funding for Central Subway to Meet FTA Deadline (SF Gate)
- SF Supes to Consider Contract to Repair Damaged Muni Light-Rail Vehicles (SF Examiner)
- Cable Car Operator Gravely Injured in Stabbing Near Chinatown (ABC7)
- Mr. Roadshow Needs to Go for a Bike Ride or Two (Mercury News)
- SF Gets $2.7 Million Grant to Convert Parking Lot into Park at 17th & Folsom (Curbed SF)
- Under Pressure from Developers Who Paid Fees, San Jose to Consider Lifting Ban on New Parks (Merc)
- Growing Movement to Connect Health and City Planning in California (Sac Bee)
- Central Valley School Tells Young Teen He Can’t Fly U.S. Flag on His Bicycle (Fox 40 via Cyclelicio.us)
- Museum Features O’Shaughnessy’s Map of SF’s Street Railways (Market St. Railway)
- Santa Rosa Avenue Road Diet Would Remove One Lane Instead of Two (Press Democrat)
- The Voice of NYC’s Subways Lives in Maine and Has Never Taken the Subway (NYT)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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