Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:35 AM PDT on May 9, 2011
- California HSR to Receive $300 Million in Federal Funding (Mercury News)
- Muni Labor Contract Negotiations “Enter the Final Stretch” (SF Gate)
- Muni Clipper Card Transition Begins For Seniors, Children (SF Gate)
- It Takes Three Years to Get a Traffic Signal Installed in SF (SF Examiner)
- Chron’s Disappointing Editorial on Bicycling: “Riding Carefully” (SF Gate)
- City Insider: “City Gearing Up for More Parklets”
- Accused Drunk Driver Who Killed Pedestrian on Masonic is a Sheriff’s Cadet (Matier & Ross)
- San Jose City Councilmember Arrested for Drunk Driving (Mercury News)
- San Jose Considering Launching a Car Share Program (Mercury News)
- Free Electric Vehicle Charges Will Be Available at All City Garages (SF Examiner)
- Sonoma County Calls on Marin to “Dig Deeper for SMART” (Press Democrat)
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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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