Today’s Headlines
Alameda County’s Transportation Sales Tax Measure Approved by ACTC (CoCo Times) Muni Bus And Cab Collide Outside Hall Of Justice (SF Appeal) BART Board Approves $7.7 Million Retrofit Plan for Transbay Tube (CoCo Times) BART Reports Strong Financial Picture for First Quarter of Fiscal Year (SF Examiner) Dolores Park Designs Released (City Insider) Distracted Driver … Continued
9:31 AM PST on January 27, 2012
- Alameda County’s Transportation Sales Tax Measure Approved by ACTC (CoCo Times)
- Muni Bus And Cab Collide Outside Hall Of Justice (SF Appeal)
- BART Board Approves $7.7 Million Retrofit Plan for Transbay Tube (CoCo Times)
- BART Reports Strong Financial Picture for First Quarter of Fiscal Year (SF Examiner)
- Dolores Park Designs Released (City Insider)
- Distracted Driver Looks Down at Lap, Lands Behind Bars (SF Examiner)
- Roadshow: An Elderly Man Seeks Help in Coping With Decision to Stop Driving (Mercury News)
- Toll Lanes Coming Soon to Hwys 237-880, but Drivers Fear They Will Make Congestion Worse (Merc)
- Signature Gathering Can Begin on Initiative to Repeal CA High-Speed Rail Project (SF Examiner)
- Cornell’s Rick Geddes on California HSR: The Right Project in the Wrong Place (NYT)
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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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