Today’s Headlines
Alameda County’s Transportation Sales Tax Measure Approved by ACTC (CoCo Times) Muni Bus And Cab Collide Outside Hall Of Justice (SF Appeal) BART Board Approves $7.7 Million Retrofit Plan for Transbay Tube (CoCo Times) BART Reports Strong Financial Picture for First Quarter of Fiscal Year (SF Examiner) Dolores Park Designs Released (City Insider) Distracted Driver … Continued
9:31 AM PST on January 27, 2012
- Alameda County’s Transportation Sales Tax Measure Approved by ACTC (CoCo Times)
- Muni Bus And Cab Collide Outside Hall Of Justice (SF Appeal)
- BART Board Approves $7.7 Million Retrofit Plan for Transbay Tube (CoCo Times)
- BART Reports Strong Financial Picture for First Quarter of Fiscal Year (SF Examiner)
- Dolores Park Designs Released (City Insider)
- Distracted Driver Looks Down at Lap, Lands Behind Bars (SF Examiner)
- Roadshow: An Elderly Man Seeks Help in Coping With Decision to Stop Driving (Mercury News)
- Toll Lanes Coming Soon to Hwys 237-880, but Drivers Fear They Will Make Congestion Worse (Merc)
- Signature Gathering Can Begin on Initiative to Repeal CA High-Speed Rail Project (SF Examiner)
- Cornell’s Rick Geddes on California HSR: The Right Project in the Wrong Place (NYT)
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