Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:45 AM PDT on August 18, 2011
- Who’s in Charge at BART? Leadership Questioned (SF Examiner)
- Hackers Target Cops in Latest BART Cyber-Attack (SF Gate, Bay Citizen)
- Jerry Brown Calls for Calif. High-Speed Rail to Move Forward (Sac Bee)
- Caltrain Releases Long-Awaited Corridor Capacity Study for HSR (SF Gate, Merc)
- WaPo Columnist: CAHSR is “Not Necessarily” a Boondoggle
- MTC Rescinds Vote to Move to San Francisco (Oak Trib, BCN via Appeal, SF Gate)
- Online Service Zimride “Matches Drivers, Passengers” (SF Gate)
- AC Transit Removes Redundant Bus Stop on the 51A Line (Living in the O)
- SMART Board Approves New Financial Plan (Press Democrat)
- Pimp Your Ride: The Bold Italic’s Guide to “Blinging Out Your Bike”
- From Toronto: “How I Became a Cargo Bike Revolutionary” (The Grid)
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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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