Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:31 AM PST on February 8, 2011
- Obama, Biden Announce Plan to “Boost High-Speed Rail” (Bee Capitol Alert)
- Plan Includes Money to “Upgrade and Build” Intercity Rail (WSJ)
- More on the Funding Solutions Being Talked About for Caltrain (SM Daily Journal)
- Caltrain CEO’s $400,000 Salary is Largest Among Ca. Transit Agencies (Mercury News)
- Mayor Lee, Supervisors Chiu, Kim to Unveil Mid-Market Tax Break Plan (SF Gate, Beyond Chron)
- Poll: Californians Think Childhood Obesity is a “Very Serious” Problem (LA Times)
- Streetcar Would Bring $1.1 Billion in Investments to L.A. Corridor (Blog Downtown via Sblog LA)
- “Bike Accident Tracker” Maps SFPD Data on Bike Crashes (Bay Citizen)
- Chuck Nevius Stops a Bike Thief (SF Gate)
- Snapshots of Bicycling in Sacramento During This “Winter Weather” (Sac Cycle Chic)
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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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