Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:57 AM PDT on April 19, 2012
- SF Examiner: Supes Shouldn’t Let Squabbling Kill Smart SFMTA Budget
- SFMTA Seeking Bids for $210M Union Square Central Subway Station (SF Examiner)
- Unregulated Corporate Shuttles Crowd Streets, Block Muni Stops (SFBG)
- C.W. Nevius: Free Muni for Youth a “Noble Thought”, but Sets a Bad Precedent
- SFBG: Where Would Jesus Park on Sundays?
- Green Connections Survey Asks: “Where Do You Want to Walk?” (WalkSF)
- SF Examiner: SFPark’s Demand-Based Parking Pricing Make Sense
- BART Agent Could Lose Job for Giving Discarded Tickets to Needy Teen (SFGate)
- BART Handing Out 5,000 Free Tickets Today at Blue Sky Festival (ABC 7)
- 78-Year-Old Driver Hits GG Transit Bus on Mission and Fifth Streets (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Some SFGate Column Readers Think Stop Signs Should be Yield Signs for Bicycle Riders
- Walnut Creek Police Blame 12-Year-Old Girl on Bike Hit by Driver in Crosswalk (CoCo Times)
- CAHSRA Chair: Funding Uncertainty Normal for Transpo Projects (Sac Bee, AP via CoCo Times)
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