Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:10 AM PDT on June 21, 2012
- Feds to Investigate Last Week’s BART Fire Shutdown (CBS 5, AP via KTVU)
- Approval of New Bathrooms for Muni Drivers to Take Six Months (SF Public Press)
- Chris Bucchere Pleads Not Guilty in Castro Ped Fatality (SFGate, SF Examiner)
- SFGate Profiles Leah Shahum, Executive Director of the SF Bicycle Coalition
- JDH Blog Chronicles “24 Hours on Muni”
- Cycling Sonoma Professor Dies From Hit-and-Run Injuries (Press Democrat, BCN via CoCo Times)
- Woman Struck, Killed by Amtrak Train in Union City (Oakland Tribune)
- San Jose Bike Lanes to Feature Rubberized Barriers (Cyclelicious)
- Funding Set Aside for East CoCo County eBART Project (CoCo Times)
- Gov. Brown Drops Proposal for HSR Exceptions From Environmental Review (LATimes, Mercury News)
- Open Forum: HSR is “Critical to California’s Economic Recovery” Via Jobs and Mobility
- Change Your Life Ride a Bike: What Your Kids (and You) Should Do if Hit by a Car
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