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• Monthly Muni Passes Go Up $2 on June 17 to Adjust to Inflation (CBS)
• Parking Fines Go Up in July, Too (SFMTA via SFist)
• C.W. Nevius Was on the Ride of Silence (SFGate)
• New Crosswalk at Fell and Gough Streets Up for Approval at SFMTA Hearing Today (Hayeswire)
• SPUR Reflects on the Function of Alleys as it Plans to Close Annie Alley to Cars for a Week of Events
• SPUR’s Gabe Metcalf at Forum: Affordability Means Improving Alternatives to Car Ownership
• Learn About Muni’s History With a New Interactive Website (HuffPo)
• The Story of Eli Reyes, an Oakland Woman Injured by a Driver Who Grabbed Her While Biking (Chron)
• BART Delayed by Man Jumping on Train Roofs (SFGate)
• Moraga Issues the Most Speeding Tickets in the Bay Area (CBS)
• NBC Covers Caltrain’s Quandary With Unstable Funding Despite High Ridership

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• Planning Department Unveils Final Plan for Castro Streetscape Improvements (BAR)
• SFMTA to Designate Hundreds of On-Street Parking Spaces for Car-Share Citywide (SF Examiner)
• SFBG Discusses Restructuring SF for Sustainable Transport in the Context of the Book “Street Fight”
• SFMTA Drills Down on Unallowable Consultant Expenses for Central Subway (WSJ)
• Parking Lot-to-Park Deal Under Central Freeway Passes Supes Committee (SF Examiner)
• BART Begins Heated Negotiations With Labor Unions (SF Examiner)
• NTSB Proposal to Lower BAC Limit Sees Little Support in California (SF Chronicle)
• Man Reportedly Walking on Tracks in San Lorenzo Killed by Amtrak Train (KTVU)
• DUI Driver Who Killed Girlfriend and Her Son in Berkeley Faces 12 Years in Prison (KTVU)
• Road Rage in Fremont: Driver Stabs Other Driver in Neck With Screwdriver at Gas Station (SFGate)
• Environmental Protestors Block Construction on Willits Highway Bypass (SFBG)

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• This Evening: “Ride of Silence” Visits Sites Where SF Cyclists Were Killed in Recent Years (SF Appeal)
• Driver Crashes Into Haight Street Market Parklet (Uppercasing)
• Curbed SF Maps Transportation Mega Projects in the Bay Area
• SF Chronicle Covers the New Report on Millennials’ Decreasing Driving Habits
• Pedestrian Killed by Caltrain in San Bruno (CoCo Times)
• NTSB’s Proposal to Lower BAC Limits Brings Mixed Reactions From Bay Area MADD, Lawyer (CBS)
• Judge Orders Rideshare Companies to Show Proof of Insurance Policies (SF Examiner, SF Weekly)
• Bay Bridge Still Has “Fighting Chance” to Have Bad Bolts Replaced and Open This Year (SFGate, CBS)
• San Jose Driver Kills 6-Year-Old Girl, Hospitalizes Sister and Aunt Crossing Street (CBS)
• People Behaving Badly: Drivers Caught Exhibiting Deadly Road Rage on Camera
• New DMV Web Page, Video Show Drivers How to Share the Road With Cyclists (Cyclelicious)

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• SFMTA Vice Chair Cheryl Brinkman Talks Bike Infrastructure On KTVU’s “Bay Area People”
• SF is America’s Second-Most Bikeable City, According to “Bike Score” (SF Chronicle)
• After Rough Start, Parkwide Bike Rentals Boom as City Approves New GG Park Locations (SF Exam)
• Friends of the Urban Forest Greening Neighborhood Streets, Including the Wiggle (SF Examiner)
• Petition Signers in Potrero Hill Want Stop Sign at Mariposa and Pennsylvania (Potrero View)
• Bad Bay Bridge Bolts Go Deep Into Tower Base (SFGate)
• BART Set to Begin Contract Negotiations With Labor Union (CBS)
• City of Richmond Officials: BART Extension Must Come Through Downtown Station (CoCo Times)
• Larkspur Landing to Get  Higher Parking Rates, Expanded Ferry and Shuttle Service (Marin IJ)
• Four Workers Injured at San Rafael Car Wash After “Jeep Went Awry” (Marin IJ)
• Santa Cruz to Consider $10M Highway Bridge Widening, Even as Traffic Declines (Cyclelicious)

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• Bike Advocates: Gov. Jerry Brown Failing to Lead on Bike-Friendly Policies (Examiner.com)
• Right on the Money: SF Chronicle Editorials Urge Funding for Caltrain and Ped Safety Upgrades in SF
• Meanwhile, SF Weekly Runs This Obnoxious Column About Bike to Work Day
• Planning Dept. to Present Final Castro Streetscape Plans Tomorrow (SF Chronicle)
• BART Installing Sensors, Hiring Scuba Crew to Repair Transbay Tube When Damaged (SF Examiner)
• Urban Life Signs Looks at Possibilities for a Tunnel Connecting Transbay Center to BART/Muni Metro
• Last Pieces of Doyle Drive Being Removed in Presidio Highway Project (Mercury News)
• Oakland Sees Another Successful Bike to Work Day (Oakland North)
• Real Commitment: Mayor Tom Bates Wants to Make Berkeley “the Most Bike-Friendly City in the Country”
• State Dept. Health Manager: Pedestrian Data So Bad “Because We Are a Car-Centric State” (SB)
• SF Driver Claims Receipts Are Hard Evidence Her Parking Ticket is Bogus (SF Examiner)

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• More on Yesterday’s Record-Breaking Bike to Work Day (SFBC, CBS, SF Appeal)
• Bike To Work Day Highlights Increasing Bike-to-Caltrain Ridership (Green Caltrain)
• BART’s Budget Balanced, But Capital Shortfall Looms (SF Examiner)
• Lift on BART Bike Bans Looks Promising With Upcoming Board Vote (SF Examiner)
• Bike Stolen on Camera at Bike to Work Day Energizer Station (ABC)
• More on Ezra Eslaminia, Taxi Driver Wanted for Killing Man Last August (CBS)
• Sunday Streets in Dogpatch to Include Adaptive Cycling Event for Riders with Disabilities (SFBC)
• Epoch Times Asks People on the Street: Parking Meters Should Be Used to Ease Demand?
• Driver Crashes Minivan into San Jose Hospital Lobby (CBS)
• Marin County Panelists to NIMBYs: Plan Bay Area is Not Crazy or New (Marin IJ)

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• Happy Bike to Work Day (KTVU, ABC,7×7)
• BART Board to Hear Results From Bikes-On-Board Pilot Today (Examiner.com)
• SFBG Points Out Some of the Spots Most in Need of Bicycling Improvements
• An Interactive Chart of Income Inequality Along Muni’s Metro Lines (KQED)
• Ideas for Improving Transit Speeds in the Northeastern Neighborhoods (SPUR)
• More From Last Week’s Supervisor Hearing on Parking Meters (SFBG)
• Homeless Man Who Was Hospitalized in North Beach Hit-and-Run Last May Headed Home (CBS)
• Friends Help Raise Funds for Oakland Woman Injured on Bike by “Aggressive Driver” (SF Weekly)
• Fixing Bay Bridge Bolts Will Be Costly and Time-Consuming (SF Examiner, CoCo Times)
• Transit-Oriented Development Plan in Petaluma Delayed After SMART Asserts Land Rights (PD)

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• Progress on Construction of the Oak Street Protected Bike Lane (Haighteration, SFBC)
• Bayview Residents Complain to SFMTA About Switchbacks on the T-Third (SFBG)
• GG Transit District Considers Raising Tolls (SF Examiner)
• A Take on the Recent Polk Street Open House Meeting From Urban Historian Michael E. Tolle
• Watch Your Favorite Muni Bus Crawl With an Animated Data Visualization (Atlantic Cities)
• New “Nimbler” Navigation App Integrates Bikes and Transit Seamlessly (Biz Journal)
• 25-Year-Old Driver Dies After Flipping Car On Lake Merced Boulevard (SFGate)
• Sinkhole Opens in Intersection of 2nd Ave. and Lake Street (Richmond SF)
• Tesla Considers Adding Google’s Driverless Technology to Its Cars (NBC)

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• BART Survey Results Show Growing Acceptance for Lifting Bike Ban (CBS)
• Muni’s Long-Term Vision: Cut Travel Times in Half (SF Examiner)
• SFBC’s Leah Shahum on How Cycling Benefits Everyone in SF (SF Examiner)
• Driver Slams Into House in Twin Peaks (SFGate)
• Mercury News Seems Shocked at $56K Price for Bike Lane Study at New 49ers Stadium
• Examiner.com Sums Up a Community Meeting on Polk Street
• Muni Metro Delayed After Man Falls Onto Muni Tracks and Survives (SFGate)
• Government Agencies Not Paying Bay Area Bridge Tolls (CBS)
• Roadshow: How Drivers Should Turn Right With a Bicycle Rider in the Lane (Mercury News)

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• New Warriors Arena Plan to Cut Parking Spaces From 630 to 500 (SFGate)
• Supes Farrell and Cohen Scrutinize Parking Meters at Hearing (SFBay)
• Despite Rising Ridership, Caltrain Still Threatened By Lack of Stable Funding (SF Chronicle, GC, PA)
• Market Street Bicycle Counter Set to Start Ticking on Bike to Work Day Thursday (SF Weekly, SF Appeal)
• More on the SFMTA’s Effort to Get the Oak Street Protected Bike Lane Ready for BTWD (SF Examiner)
• Driver Hits Muni Bus at 24th St. and South Van Ness (SF Appeal)
• California High-Speed Rail Board OKs $96M, Two More Years for Contractor (Mercury News)
• Plan Bay Area Rankles Anti-Growth NIMBYs in Marin and San Mateo Counties
• Vibrant Bay Area Examines Transit-Oriented Developments at BART Stations (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Oakmont Driver, 82, Who Chased Cyclist Onto Golf Course Could Get Nearly 7 Years (Press Dem)
• Petaluma Begins Work on Road Diet Extension (Petaluma 360)

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