Today’s Headlines
Great Streets Project Releases Its 2011 Parklet Impact Study Toddler’s Death in Contra Costa County a Reminder of Driveway Dangers (GJEL) Swedish Firm Announces Contract for BART Extension to San Jose (Mercury News) 25-Year-Old Woman is San Jose’s First Traffic Fatality of the Year (CoCo Times) Driver Injures Pedestrian in Palo Alto (Mercury News) Elections … Continued
9:41 AM PST on January 5, 2012
- Great Streets Project Releases Its 2011 Parklet Impact Study
- Toddler’s Death in Contra Costa County a Reminder of Driveway Dangers (GJEL)
- Swedish Firm Announces Contract for BART Extension to San Jose (Mercury News)
- 25-Year-Old Woman is San Jose’s First Traffic Fatality of the Year (CoCo Times)
- Driver Injures Pedestrian in Palo Alto (Mercury News)
- Elections Officials Will Let SMART Decide Signature Threshold for Repeal Initiative (Marin IJ)
- Caltrain Budget Bolstered by Increased Ridership, Parking Revenue (SF Examiner)
- Report: CA High-Speed Rail Shouldn’t Be Funded (SFGate)
- SF Examiner Editorial: Credit Card Fees Hurting Cabbies and Passengers
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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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