Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel
Feb 27, 2009

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)
Report: Better Ped/Bike Infrastructure Can Prevent Cancer (Examiner via Streetsblog.net)
Caltrain Celebrates $35 Million Palo Alto Station Revamp (Merc)
Obama Budget Includes Revenue From Carbon Auctions (Grist, WaPo, Green Inc)
Revised Plan Released for Presidio Main Post (SF Gate, SF Citizen)
Mountain View Gets Bicycle-Friendly Award (SVBC)

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