Today’s Headlines
Muni Labor Savings From Prop G Significantly Less Than Predicted (SF Examiner) VTA Pledges $772 Million for BART Extension (BCN via Milpitas Patch) BART Extension Should Bring Jobs to South Bay (CBS 5) HSR Aside, CA Has Major, ‘Quiet’ Transportation Problems (PublicCEO) Driver Kills Wheelchair User Crossing Street in Hayward (BCN via Mercury News) Driver … Continued
10:51 AM PST on December 12, 2011
- Muni Labor Savings From Prop G Significantly Less Than Predicted (SF Examiner)
- VTA Pledges $772 Million for BART Extension (BCN via Milpitas Patch)
- BART Extension Should Bring Jobs to South Bay (CBS 5)
- HSR Aside, CA Has Major, ‘Quiet’ Transportation Problems (PublicCEO)
- Driver Kills Wheelchair User Crossing Street in Hayward (BCN via Mercury News)
- Driver Puts Man in Coma in Napa Crosswalk (SFGate)
- VTA Asks Caltrans to Open Special District in San Jose (Mercury News)
- For Caltrain Engineers, a Death on the Tracks Means Horrifying Memories (Bay Citizen)
- Planners Respond to Recent Columns on Urban Sprawl (NYT)
- Why Drivers Get More Tax Commuter Benefits Than Bus Riders (NYT)
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