Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Bryan Goebel
9:29 AM PDT on June 1, 2011
- Union Leadership Urges Approval of Muni Operators Contract (SF Gate, SF Examiner)
- Mercury News: “Despite Crisis, Caltrain Plans Record Spending”
- Caltrain Upgrades Jeopardized “By Lack of Funding from Transit Partners” (SF Examiner)
- Poll Gauging Popularity of Sales Tax Increase for Caltrain (City Insider)
- Berkeley Report Illustrates Tension Between SB375 and Fair Share (Transbay Blog)
- SF Man Run Over by Driver on His Bicycle Offers a “Post-Crash Meditation” (Grist)
- For First Time in 27 Years, SF’s Cable Cars Won’t Be Running This Week (SF Examiner)
- Pedestrian Killed on San Tomas Expressway Identified (Mercury News)
- Driving While Black: African-Americans Charged More for Car Insurance (Our Weekly)
- Sac Bee Columnist: “Would New Arena Shove Transit Center Aside?”
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.
Read More:
More from Streetsblog San Francisco
Action Items: Tell Governor-Elect Becerra we want our HSR…
...and save bike-access on the Richmond-San Rafael bridge
November 6, 2026
Opinion: I (Almost) Killed a Pedestrian With My Car
Every driver has a story or two about a near-miss traffic crash, even when they were doing everything right. Can we get those numbers down with safer systems?
November 5, 2026
The California DMV’s Culture of Obstruction
California’s DMV is responsible for managing some of the biggest risks on the state’s roads, but researchers say a culture of secrecy and obstruction makes it nearly impossible for the public to access basic information about dangerous drivers and disabled parking placard fraud.
November 5, 2026
