Today’s Headlines
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9:09 AM PDT on July 9, 2012
- CA Senate Approves Funding for First High-Speed Rail Segment (AP via NYT, Reuters via Examiner)
- Bike Share Launch Stalled by Lingering Negotiations (SF Examiner)
- Like Any City, SF Needs Dutch-Quality Urban Cycling Infrastructure (SFist)
- Irate Muni Driver: “And the Paper Says I Get Paid Too Much” (SF Weekly)
- Central Subway Lawsuit Claims Planned Union Square Station Violates City Charter (SF Examiner)
- BART Releases New Video Explaining Friday Bikes On Board Rush Hour Pilot
- Muni to Allow Strollers Onboard Soon, but When? (City Insider)
- C.W. Nevius: SF’s “Infinite Democracy” Holds Back Improvements Like Bike Lanes
- MTC to Consider Free Muni for Youth Plan Options (SF Examiner)
- Modesto Bee Op-Ed: Pedestrians in Downtown Modesto Are Not Targets for Cars
- SFGate‘s John King: Parklets Like New One at Farm:Table Are a Homegrown Effort
- Caltrain to Test New Sign/Audio System Announcing Departure/Arrival Times (BCN via Examiner)
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Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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