Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:36 AM PDT on April 11, 2012
- SF Officials Announce Increased Street Safety Efforts, Bike Traffic School (SFGate, SF Examiner, KTVU)
- Chip Johnson: “It’s Time to Get Real About Distracted Driving” (SFGate)
- Police Obtain Video of Castro Bike-Pedestrian Crash (CBS 5, SFGate)
- Crash Leaves Car Upside Down on Embarcadero Muni Tracks This Morning (Mercury News)
- Tomorrow is Bike to School Day (SFist)
- BART to San Jose Groundbreaking Tomorrow (Mercury News)
- BART Stations to Get Concourse Level Info Displays This Year (Mercury News)
- Congressman Urges BART to Build New Cars in USA (CBS 5)
- San Jose Approves 8 Miles of Bike Lanes, 3 Miles of Road Diets in Downtown (Cyclelicious)
- SMART Track Construction to Begin for Santa Rosa-Petaluma Line (Press Democrat)
- Palo Alto Housing Proposal Encourages TOD, Smart Growth (Palo Alto Online)
- CAHSR Officials Meet in SF Tomorrow to Adopt New Business Plan (Fresno Bee)
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