Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:21 AM PDT on August 9, 2011
- New Estimate Shows Rise in Ca. High-Speed Rail Costs (AP via Merc)
- Dan Walters Calls on Jerry Brown to Stop HSR “Until Financial Picture Clears Up”
- Ed Lee “Takes the Heat” at Mayoral Forum (Bay Citizen, SF Gate)
- Computer Problem Forces Major Evening Delays on BART (SF Examiner, SF Gate)
- BART Releases Three Different Proposed Designs for New Seats (Bay Citizen)
- System Wide Rollout of WiFi on BART Delayed Until September (SF Gate)
- Clipper Card Readers Fixed on Cable Cars (City Insider)
- Hayward Driver Facing Charges in Hit-Run That Injured Boy in SF (ABC7, SF Gate)
- America, Where We Cross Our Fingers and Pray for Cheap Gas to Stimulate the Economy (NYT)
- NYC Transpo Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan Previews Bike-Share for Slate
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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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