Today’s Headlines
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9:58 AM PDT on March 12, 2012
- BART Extension to San Jose Gets $900M Federal Grant (CBS 5)
- Six Key People Were Behind the Project (CoCo Times)
- Will New BART Stations Have “Enough” Car Parking? Yes, If Fewer People Drive There (Mercury News)
- More on BART’s Operating Budget “Surplus” and Capital Budget Shortfall (SFGate)
- City Agencies Like Muni Still Can’t Seem to Curb Overtime (SFGate)
- Sunday Streets on Embarcadero a Hit (CBS 5,San Franciscoize)
- Churches Cite “Parking Scarcity” as Reason to Not to Meter Sunday Parking. What? (CBS 5)
- SFPark Points Drivers to Underused Garages With Wayfinding Signs (San Franciscoize)
- Husband of Late Dionette Cherney to Face Embarcadero Cyclist at Trial (SF Examiner)
- Private Companies Could Run Bay Area’s Highway Toll Lanes (Bay Citizen)
- Help Fund the 40th Street Parklet in Oakland (Oakland Local)
- Walk to Work Day and Bike to School Day Right Around the Corner in April (GJEL)
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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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