Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:03 AM PST on January 20, 2011
- State Transit Funding Will Require Compromise on Gas Tax Swap (SF Examiner)
- Jerry Brown Defends His Proposal to Cut Redevelopment Agency Funding (SF Gate)
- Republican State Senator Introduces Bill “To Reexamine” CAHSR (Enterprise-Record)
- CAHSR To Purchase Land In and Around L.A.’s Union Station (AP via SF Gate)
- Bikes and Streetcars Can Be Friends (Joyride via Human Transit)
- Portland DOT Considering “Cross-Bikes,” Crosswalk Markings for Cyclists (Bike Portland)
- Mercury News Op-Ed: “Stanford Has Strong Stake in Caltrain’s Survival”
- SF Gate: “Bay Area Traffic No Longer Among Worst 5 in U.S.”
- Bay Citizen: “New Tower Will Transform Market Street”
- Artist Behind Endangered Species Bus Wraps: Public Transit Needs Protection (Bay Citizen)
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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