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Palo Alto “Cries Foul” Over High-Speed Rail Contract (Merc) How Much High-Speed Rail Does $8 Billion Buy? (MSNBC) Menlo Park to Abandon Plans for Dumbarton Transit Station (Merc) Bus Fares Rising in Yolo County (Sac Bee) San Joaquin County Planning for More Walkable Neighborhoods (Stockton Record) The Bikescape Podcast: Bike Bloggers Meet in Sacramento Community … Continued

Caltrans Wants to Replace Menlo Park Ped/Bike Bridge to Expand Highway (Cyclelicio.us) Peninsula Transit Ridership Continues to Rise (KCBS) AnsaldoBreda Gets Extension on LA MTA Contract Despite Troubles (LAT) LA Times: “Ethanol Investors Try to Derail Calif.’s Carbon-Emissions Proposal”  Obama Administration to Raise Fuel Efficiency by 2 Miles Per Gallon (AP) Breaking the Shock-to-Trance Cycle of … Continued

Bike Plan EIR Should Be Certified By June, Lanes Striped By August (SFBG) (SF Gate) (Ecolocalizer) SFCTA Releases $36 Million of Prop K Funds to Speed Doyle Drive Project (Examiner) City Departments Budget $1.2 Million for Air Travel; Newsom Starts CO2 Offset Fund (Examiner) When a Tanker Truck Explodes on 280 This Weekend, Don’t Worry, … Continued

BART Will Join Translink Later This Summer (SF Gate) Booming Bicycle Traffic to Sausalito Has Some Residents Upset (SF Gate) Survey Says Californians Willing to Limit Flights for High Speed Rail (Examiner) 511.org Offers Up to $100 for Driving in HOV Lanes (CC Times) Contra Costa Times Looks at Mileage Tax Debate ‘Back Seat Driver’ … Continued

Op-Ed in Chronicle Supporting Congestion Pricing in San Francisco (SF Gate) The TA Will Consider Releasing Prop K Funds for Transbay Terminal (Examiner) Muni Crash with 18-Wheeler on T-3rd Sent Seven to Hospital Last Night (Examiner) (SF Gate) MTC Revises Revenue Projections, Delays Vote on RTP (Merc) Sacramento Mayor KJ Upset His City Not on … Continued

Mayor Newsom overcame a significant hurdle today for his Sunday Streets program as the first two proposed routes received unanimous approval at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation (ISCOTT), a committee made up of MTA, DPW, SFPD, SFFD, and others with business on our city's streets.

EPA Will Hold Hearing Today on California Waiver to Regulate Emissions (LAT) Muni Bus Crash Leaves Three Injured (KTVU) San Mateo County Residents Apparently Find It Hard to Break the Car Habit (SF Examiner) San Mateo City Leaders Reiterate Support for High Speed Rail (Inside Bay Area) CHSRB: Central Valley HSR to Open in 2015  … Continued

Sunday Streets Will Expand to Six Sundays in 2009; Dates Announced (SF Examiner) Muni Reports 3.5 Percent Increase in On-Time Performance (SF Gate) Lawsuit Questions Funding Swap in BART Warm Springs Extension (Transbay Blog) Woman Killed in San Jose Hit-and-Run Identified (CBS5) East Bay Legislator Introduces Bill to Increase Bike Capacity on Buses (Cyclelicio.us) Santa … Continued

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