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CA Gets OH and WI High Speed Rail Money (NY Times, SF Gate, KCBS, Fast Lane) Feds Indicate Funds Should Extend Initial Segment to Bakersfield (KALW, Transport Politic, CAHSR Blog) Bicycling Up 58 Percent in San Francisco Since 2006 (SF Gate) Muni Seeks Solution for Short-Turn Runs that Leave Passengers in the Cold (Examiner, SF … Continued

Remember those heady days in mid-2009, when Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) introduced an ambitious, half-trillion dollar reauthorization that would transform the country’s infrastructure?

Bay Bridge Construction Timeline Moved Up a Few Months (SF Gate, CBS) Parking Citations Dipped Before Prop B Vote, Cops Feared Angering Voters (SF Examiner) Uncertainty Whether Caltrain Fatality in San Mateo a Suicide (Oak Trib, CBS) MTC Tightens Security Controls on FastTrak (SF Examiner) SFO Commission Says Short Run Cab Incentive Unsafe (CBS) CA … Continued

Balance bikes are getting ever more popular and from most accounts they are an excellent way to help kids learn to be comfortable and get them riding bikes faster than with training wheels. So when we got a press release recently announcing a promotional gimmick between a company called Balance Bikes 4 Tots and Picturoo.com that paired balance bikes with licenses aimed at kids 1-5 years old, you could forgive me for blanching.

I would put this up there with China's proposal for huge buses that allow cars to drive under them, but it's still worth a good laugh. Who needs shoulders on highways anyway?!

The cheerful come-ons seem more cheesy than sleazy -- “Looking for a New Way to Borrow?” “Apply Now-Get Cash Today!” “Go From $0 to Cash in Less Than an Hour” -- but these are not the friendly offers of local diversified banks. They are the insidious pitches of companies that do one thing very well: make car title loans to Americans desperate for cash.

Owning a car was once a rite of passage for young Americans on par with algebra and the prom. But, according to a recent report from MSNBC, more young people are sitting out the ritual driver's tests and the time-honored privilege of getting the keys to a hand-me-down clunker.

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