• MTA Board Set to Vote on Budget Today (KCBS)
• AC Transit Looks to Cut Service by 15 Percent (Merc) 
• More on Peninsula Opposition to High-Speed Rail (SF Examiner)
• San Francisco’s "10 Greenest Buildings" (SF Gate) 
• More Housing Built in SF Last Year Than Any Year Since ’65 (SF Gate)
• San Mateo Downtown Plan Moving Forward (Merc)
• Nobody’s Buying New Cars (LA Daily News)
• LAPD Offers Reward for Info on Christmas Day Hit-and-Run (San Fernando Sun)
• I-280 Bicycle Bridge Opening Today (Merc)
• Imagining Kansas City as Walkable and Transit-Oriented (TC Streets via Streetsblog.net)

Note: Reporter Matthew Roth and I are in New York City this week for the Livable Streets Initiative party. We’ll be posting lightly. However, reporter Susan Vaughan is covering today’s MTA meeting to adopt a final budget, and we’ll be offering coverage on Twitter. Click here to follow us.