Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:41 AM PDT on August 31, 2011
- BART Board Expected to Name New GM Today (SF Examiner)
- Most Mayoral Candidates Agree Car-Free Market is a Good Idea (City Insider)
- San Jose to Consider 15mph Speed Zones Around Schools (Mercury News)
- 65-year-old Man Hospitalized; Hit by Driver on Divisadero/Sutter (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Driver Charged in Hit-and-Run Death of 4-year-old Appears in Court (Press Democrat)
- CAHSR Blog: “Getting the Reporting Right on High-Speed Rail Cost Estimates”
- Taxi Meter Rates to Rise, SF “One of the Costliest Places…to Snag a Cab” (SF Examiner)
- David Chiu’s Mayoral Campaign Races Six Modes of Travel: Bicycle Wins (Bay Bikers)
- Press Democrat: “Cycling an Exercise in Trust for Blind Riders”
- New SMART General Manager “Responds to Critics” (Press Democrat)
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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