Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:32 AM PST on February 18, 2011
- BART to Celebrate Opening This Weekend of West Dublin/Pleasanton Station (SF Gate)
- “Unifying Grievance” on BART Board for Ousting Dorothy Dugger “Remains Unclear” (SF Examiner)
- 61-year-old Woman Seriously Hurt After Being Hit by a Bicyclist (SF Examiner)
- The Guardian Advocates Downtown Commercial Tax Assessment for Transit
- Labor Representation on GG Bridge District Board to Resume (The Appeal)
- ABC7 I-Team: “Some Muni Riders Irritated by Clipper Card Sounds”
- Caltrain Switch to Clipper Card to Begin on March 1 (Community Newspapers)
- New Detours Expected on Bay Bridge as Construction is Completed Early (ABC7)
- Costly Legal Battle Between SF and Mitchell Engineering (NYT/Bay Citizen)
- New Ridership Projections Released for SMART (Marin IJ)
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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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