Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:38 AM PDT on May 5, 2011
- Tom Nolan Op-Ed: “Muni Needs a Fair and Sustainable Labor Contract” (SF Examiner)
- SFMTA Board Approves Fee Hikes for Parking Permits, Fare Evasion (City Insider)
- CHSRA Still Planning to Pursue 4-Track High-Speed Rail System (San Mateo Daily News)
- Rail Authority Says 4-Track System Legally Required by Prop 1A (SF Examiner)
- Legislation to Keep Redevelopment Agencies Stalls in Sacramento (Mercury News)
- Drunk Driver Who Killed Elderly Woman Facing Up to 12 Years in Prison (Merc)
- Wall Street Journal: “San Francisco Takes Art to the Streets”
- Proposal to Charge for Parking in Howarth Park “Stirs Debate” (Press Democrat)
- BART to Debut Book Lending Machine at Millbrae Station (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Obama Hosts Wounded Veterans Recovering By Bike (Transpo Nation)
- Congress Way Better at Slashing Transit Funds Than Lowering Gas Prices (MTR)
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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