Today’s Headlines
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9:29 AM PDT on March 13, 2012
- Media Attention On Embarcadero Cyclist’s Probation Sentence Unparalleled By That of Driver Killings
- Coming HSR Plan Could Upgrade Caltrain (PA Online), Sneak Peek Tonight in Mtn. View (CoCo Times)
- BART San Jose Extension Starts Work in April (SFGate), Next Target: Under Downtown (Mercury News)
- Berkeley Hires Oakland’s Urban Planning Director (Berkeleyside)
- Electric Scooter Share Coming to SF This Year (Fast Co.Exist)
- Mission Residents Argue For Different Amenities at Planned 17th/Folsom Park (Mission Local)
- Chronicle Columnist Carl Nolte Finds Muni to Be a “Magical Mystery Tour” (Indeed it is)
- KQED Explores San Francisco’s Stylish Bicycle Culture
- Multi-Space Parking “Daleks” Arrive in Bernal Hts (Is the End of Sidewalk Clutter Nigh?) (Bernalwood)
- Transbay Tower Plans Scaled Down a Bit (SFGate)
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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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