Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Bryan Goebel
8:42 AM PDT on September 6, 2011
- Apple Engineer and His Horse Killed By Driver in Morgan Hill (Mercury News)
- Protestors to Block Fare Gates at BART Powell Station Thursday (SF Gate)
- MTC to Present Scaled Back Toll Lanes Plan for the Bay Area (SF Gate)
- Legislation to Shift Oversight of High-Speed Rail Faltering in Sacramento (Cal Watch)
- Sac Bee Editorial: “Transit Funding Proposal Needs More Vetting”
- Oakland Mayor Harangued by Merchants About “Parking Woes” (SF Gate)
- SFMTA Board Chair Tom Nolan Sworn In as Caltrain Board Member (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Top Central Subway Executive Resigns (Bay Citizen)
- Dennis Herrera Announces Opposition to Central Subway (John Diaz)
- The Impact of Wider Bus Stop Spacing (Human Transit)
- Open Streets, Ciclovia-Style Event, Coming to Chicago (Chicago Sun-Times)
- LA Times: “Tiny Parks Are on a Roll in San Francisco”
- Curbside Restrooms Called “Pooplets” Could Be Coming to SF Soon (Scott James)
- Nevada City Installs a “Street Boardwalk,” Similar to Parklets (The Union)
- Press Democrat Profiles Bicycle Advocate Carlos Perez
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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