Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:14 AM PST on December 6, 2010
- SFMTA Board to Consider 1-Hour Parking Cap at City’s 500 Broken Meters (SF Examiner)
- Santa Rosa City Council Headed for “Showdown” Over Bike and Ped Bridge (Press Democrat)
- Former SFPD Officer Accused in Bribery Scheme Involving Exams for Taxi Drivers (SF Examiner)
- Judge Denies Bail for Ex-BART Officer Convicted of Killing Oscar Grant (Calif. Beat via Bay Citizen)
- Former SFPUC Official Laura Spanjian Making Green Waves in Houston (NY Times)
- U.S. Dot Hopes to Prevent Driver “Backover Deaths” With New Rules (Fast Lane via Bike Portland)
- Anger at Climate Summit that Large Nations Aren’t Doing Enough to “Ensure Survival” (LA Times)
- Rohnert Park Woman Remains Critical After Being Hit by Driver in Crosswalk (Press Democrat)
- Transportation Alternatives’ Exec. Dir. Explains Why He Believes in Bike Lanes (News via Sblog NY)
- London Mayor’s Proposal to Ban Semi-Trucks and Boosting Bicycle Freight (Grist)
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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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