Today’s Headlines
SFMTA’s Budget Deficit Grows to $29M This Fiscal Year (SF Examiner) “Fast Start” HSR Proposal Splits Cost of Caltrain Electrification (Mercury News, SFGate) Residential Parking Permits in SF Now Renewable Online (SFGate) Pedicab Service Proposed in the Haight, Divisadero, Golden Gate Park (Uppercasing) SF Man Found Dead on Bike Tour in Death Valley (SFGate, BCN via ABC 7) Uptown Almanac Critiques Temporary, Minimalist Muni … Continued
By
Robert Prinz
9:17 AM PDT on March 22, 2012
- SFMTA’s Budget Deficit Grows to $29M This Fiscal Year (SF Examiner)
- “Fast Start” HSR Proposal Splits Cost of Caltrain Electrification (Mercury News, SFGate)
- Residential Parking Permits in SF Now Renewable Online (SFGate)
- Pedicab Service Proposed in the Haight, Divisadero, Golden Gate Park (Uppercasing)
- SF Man Found Dead on Bike Tour in Death Valley (SFGate, BCN via ABC 7)
- Uptown Almanac Critiques Temporary, Minimalist Muni Stops on South Van Ness
- Muni Celebrates Centennial With Restoration of Its First Streetcar (SF Examiner)
- Seven Parklets Planned in Oakland This Year (Oakland Tribune)
- SMART Accesses $171m in Bond Funds (Marin IJ)
- Hercules Wins $4.5m for Future Train, Ferry Stations (CoCo Times)
- Palo Alto’s California Ave. Road Diet Stalled by Lawsuits (PA Online)
- Elderly Driver Hits Elderly Jogger in Belmont (CBS 5)
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