Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Robert Prinz
9:01 AM PDT on June 15, 2012
- Agency Emails Show Central Subway Costs Could Rise as SFMTA Waits for Fed Funding (Bay Citizen)
- SF Examiner Wants Everyone to Get on Board With Central Subway
- BART Announces August Pilot to Lift Rush-Hour Bike Ban (BART.gov, SFBC, EBBC)
- Thursday’s BART Closure Reinforces Need for Transit Options (Mercury News, Cyclelicious, KQED)
- BART to Raise Fares 1.4 Percent July 1st (CoCo Times, BART.gov)
- Reactions to Felony Charge Against Cyclist in Castro Ped Fatality Case (SFBC, SFBG)
- Chris Bucchere’s Riding Partner Will Testify for the Prosecution (SF Examiner)
- First Batch of New BART Cars to Arrive in 2015 (Examiner.com)
- Fremont Cyclist Intentionally Struck, Injured by Truck Driver (AP via KTVU)
- Arrest Made in Hit-and-Run Death of Wheelchair-Using Richmond Man (BCN via CBS 5)
- Fremont Considers TOD at Future Warm Springs BART Station (CBS 5, Mercury News)
- Roadshow Answers Questions About BART Extensions Around the Bay
- Mountain View Opens New $9M Trail Link (Palo Alto Online)
- Fairfax Officials Considering Events Modeled After SF’s “Sunday Streets” (Fairfax Patch)
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