Today’s Headlines
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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.
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