Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
10:05 AM PST on February 9, 2011
- Mercury News: “Obama’s $53 Billion Rail Pledge Could Fund Huge Chunk of Calif.’s Project”
- SF Builders to See $1 Increase for Bagged Meters; Oakland’s Rate is Higher (City Insider)
- Sac Bee Op-Ed: “Find Compromise in Redevelopment War” (via The Other Side of the Tracks)
- How Do You Have a Frank Discussion With Kids About Cars? (Grist)
- More on Yesterday’s SFCTA Hearing on the 14-Mission Line (City Insider)
- SJ Family Pleads for Info in Hit-and-Run Crash That Left Teenage Girl Critically Injured (ABC7)
- SF Examiner: “BART Ticket Deals Likely Too Good to Be True”
- SF Ranks 6th Among 10 Best Cities for Public Transportation, According to U.S. News
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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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