Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:50 AM PDT on March 19, 2012
- BART’s Top-Scoring Bidder For New Train Car Contract Under Scrutiny (Bay Citizen, SF Examiner)
- SFMTA Agrees to Make Muni Metro Safety Upgrades Urged by CPUC (SF Examiner, SFGate)
- Silicon Valley Leaders: Voters Put BART Extension On the Right Track (SFGate)
- Mayor Lee Touts Progress on Central Subway at Chinatown Station Event (CBS 5, City Insider)
- Stats Show BART Is Not Delayed by Rain (SFGate)
- Community Meeting Tonight to Discuss Regular Sunday Streets in the Mission (Mission Local)
- Occupy Oakland Protesters Sue Driver Who Hit Them (SFGate)
- Sausalito Hopes to Clear Tourist Bike Tangle With Ferry Reservation System (Marin IJ)
- Amtrak Capitol Corridor Ridership Up 11 Percent Over 2011 (Sac Bee)
- Mercury News Readers Voice Their Support for New Highway Toll Lanes
- First of Many Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Installed on Hwy I-5 (CoCo Times)
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