Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:20 AM PST on December 17, 2010
- CARB Approves First Cap-and-Trade Program to Reduce GHGs (SF Gate, Switchboard, LAT)
- Crash Involving Several Vehicles and UCSF Shuttle Bus Injures 15 People (SF Examiner, KTVU)
- Pedestrian Hit, Pinned Against Wall by Driver in Richmond District (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Driver “Veers Off I-280” and Crashes Into a Home in SF (ABC 7)
- Driver Kills Portland Woman Walking Her Bike; Advocates Saddened, Frustrated (Bike Portland)
- BART West Dublin/Pleasanton Station Set to Open on February 19 (SF Gate)
- Clipper Card Use on SamTrans “Quietly Delayed” by San Mateo County, MTC (KTVU)
- CNN: “Can Streetcars Save America’s Cities?”
- Mayor Newsom Will Be Among Those Checking Out Bike Share Programs Today (City Insider)
- LA Planning Commission Passes Bike Plan (Streetsblog LA)
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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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