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9:18 AM PDT on August 12, 2009

    • ATU to Resume Negotiations with BART After Rejecting Contract (SF Gate, SF Examiner)
    • Historic Streetcar Hits a Pedestrian at 9th and Market Streets (SF Gate, ABC7, CBS5, SF Appeal)
    • Pedestrian Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver on Van Ness Avenue (SF Examiner)
    • Toll Taker, GG Transit Bus Driver Shot Dead on the Richmond-SR Bridge (SF Gate, CBS5, Marin IJ)
    • CHP Conducts a One-Day Sting to Catch Drivers Illegally Using Cell Phones (ABC7, KCBS)
    • And Some Mercury News Readers are Upset There Was Advance Notice
    • More Complaints About Increased Parking Enforcement in Oakland (East Bay Express)
    • Parking Guru Donald Shoup Tells Santa Rosa Officials to Increase Parking Fees (Press Democrat)
    • SF DPW Begins "Super Eco-Blitzes" to Clean Up Streets and Sidewalks (City Insider)
    • Californians Still Using Less Gas (Sac Bee)
    • Sac Bee Op-Ed: "It's Time for Cyclists and Motorists to Reconcile"

Catch more headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill -- including the latest on the Cash for Clunkers debacle

Bryan Goebel
Bryan Goebel is a reporter at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. A veteran journalist and writer, he helped launch Streetsblog SF in 2009 and served as editor for three years. He lives car-free in the Castro District.

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