Uncategorized
Top Categories
Today’s Headlines
BART Board Will Not Raise Fares This Year to Balance Its Budget (KCBS) And It’s Questioning the Independent Shooting Investigation (Merc, ABC7) NIMBY Complaints Over Peninsula HSR Line Continue (CHSRB, VTA Watch) Sausalito Launches Study on How to Improve Bike Facilities (Marin IJ) Bike, Pedestrian Improvements Planned on Palo Alto’s Oregon Expressway (Palo Alto Daily) … Continued
February 27, 2009
Today’s Headlines
New York Is Getting a Trial Car-Free Broadway. Why Can’t SF Do This? (Streetsblog) Virgin’s Richard Branson Expresses an Interest in California’s HSR Line (CHSRB) Who’s Competing for High-Speed Rail Grants? (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net) GM Nosedive Continues Unabated (NYT) BART Board to Get Update on Shooting Investigation and Discuss Budget Cuts (ABC7, CBS5) Boy … Continued
February 26, 2009
Change is Coming to Streetsblog and the Livable Streets Network
I
just want to give all of you regular readers a heads up that you'll
soon be seeing some design and branding changes implemented on
Streetsblog and the Livable Streets Network web sites.
February 24, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Former Oak Trib Reporter Dies from Injuries Suffered in N-Judah Crash (Merc) Muni Bus Crashes into Light Poles, Building (ABC7) Obama Tells Mayors Not to Waste Stimulus Money (Sac Bee) Transpo Secretary Considering VMT Tax, More Highway, Bridge Tolls (AP, Yglesias) Bronx Burrough President to Head White House Urban Affairs Office (WaPo, News, The Caucus) … Continued
February 20, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Automakers Come Back to Public Feed Trough for $14 Billion (SF Gate) (NYT) Obama Signs Stimulus Bill Into Law (NYT) The Politics Behind Obama’s Funding of High Speed Rail in Stim Package (Politico) Reaction to Politico Article at HSR Blog (CHSRB) Transpo Sec LaHood on How Stim Money Will Be Spent (Transportation for America) Good … Continued
February 18, 2009
Today’s Headlines
We're taking the day off for the holiday and will resume a regular schedule tomorrow.
February 16, 2009
Today’s Headlines
State Budget Deal Would Eliminate Public Transit Funds (Cyclelicio.us, Transbay Blog) If Wall Street Gets Operating Funds Why Not Public Transit? (NYT) The Time is Now for High Speed Rail (HuffPo) BART Protesters Turn Out in Force at Board Meeting (ABC7) Planning Workshop on Palo Alto’s California Avenue Gets Heated (Merc) San Jose Boy Who … Continued
February 13, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Transit News Disappointing in Final Stimulus but HSR Gets a Boost (AP via Transport Politic) Transit Takes a $459 Million Hit in State Budget Deal But Will it Pass? (LAT, Ca.Progress Rep.) BART Board to Get Update on Police Oversight Committee (SF Gate) SF Park Rangers Want to Carry Guns and Get Full Law-Enforcement Status … Continued
February 12, 2009
Today’s Headlines
MTC Committee Could Slash Stim Funds Today for Muni, AC Transit (Beyond Chron) President Obama: The Days of Building Sprawl Are Over (Veritas et Venustas) But the Days of Widening Highways Aren’t (VTA Watch) SF Parks Dept. Will Install 2,000 Parking Meters (SF Gate) Driver Stabs Off-Duty SF Bicycle Cop After “Traffic Altercation”(KTVU) Activists Demand … Continued
February 11, 2009
Today’s Headlines
President Obama Urges Stimulus Passage Without Republican Support (WaPo) Bay Area Activists Should Urge Pelosi to Rescue the Stimulus Package (Beyond Chron) Newsom Won’t Be Among California Mayors in D.C. to Plead for Stim Money (Merc) Oakland Cyclist Who Was Victim of Hit-n-Run Still in Hospital (CBS5) China Close to Taking Over as the World’s … Continued
February 10, 2009