Today’s Headlines
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9:38 AM PDT on June 17, 2011
- N-Judah Train “Rips Wires and Concrete Supports,” Thousands Delayed (SF Examiner, CBS 5)
- Next SFMTA Chief Will Likely Be a Local Hire (SF Examiner)
- “Cash-Strapped Muni” Defends Nat Ford’s Severance Pay (SF Examiner, SF Gate)
- Baker Street Bike Lanes to Be Re-Striped in July (Bike NOPA)
- Delay In Taxi Fare Hikes Angers Already “Miffed” Cab Drivers (SF Examiner)
- SamTrans Facility Holds Tour for Dump the Pump Day (SF Gate)
- Mike’s Bikes Partners With PODS to Send Bikes to Africa (Sac Bee)
- Man Killed by Amtrak Train in Martinez “Did Not Move Away” (Coco Times, CBS 5)
- Head-On Crash on GG Bridge Blocks All Southbound Lanes (SF Examiner, CBS 5)
- More People Taking Transit, Less Driving on GG Bridge (SF Appeal)
- Details on This Saturday’s Bicycle Music Festival (Bay Bikers Blog)
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Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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