Today’s Headlines
More headlines and SOTU links at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Bryan Goebel
9:28 AM PST on January 26, 2011
- More on Supervisor Scott Wiener’s Call for a Hearing on the J-Church (SF Gate)
- Wiener says Historic Preservation May Be Trumping Other Goals, Like Ped Safety (SF Gate)
- MTC to Consider Giving Oakland and SJ Direct Seats on Commission (Coco Times via Living in the O)
- BART Testing Out New Seats to Replace Filthy Old Ones (Bay Citizen)
- Auto Industry Claims California Car Sales Rose by 13 Percent (Mercury News)
- Governors’ Report on Ped Safety Filled With Victim-Blaming, Empty of Analysis (MTR via Sblog NY)
- ABC7 Covers “Movement of Moms Pushing for Parking Permits for Nannies”
- New Legislation Proposes “$30 Car Tab” to Fund Transit in Washington State (Seattle Times)
- Why Do Some Republicans Hate Transit So Much? (The Transport Politic)
- iPod Bans: Legislation Against “Distracted Walking” Now a Trend (NYT via Sblog NY)
More headlines and SOTU links 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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