Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:35 AM PDT on August 11, 2011
- Netherlands Trial Charges Drivers By the Mile: Could It Happen Here? (NYT)
- Fundraisers Held for 9-year-old Hit-and-Run Victim (KTVU)
- Harry Reid to California: Don’t Give Up on High-Speed Rail (SF Gate)
- Peninsula Cities Lawsuit Against HSR Heads to Court Friday (SV Biz Journal)
- Walnut Creek City Council Adopts New Bicycle Master Plan (Coco Times)
- BART Warns of Possible Protests Today (Bay Citizen, SF Examiner)
- More on the New Designs Being Considered for BART Seats from SF Gate
- With New Target Store, Changes Coming to Geary/Masonic City Center (BIKE NOPA)
- Marin Cycling Coach, Mentor to Lance Armstrong, Beats Cancer (Marin IJ)
- Vancouver Merchants Badly Underestimate Impact of Protected Bike Lanes (NYC Streetsblog)
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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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