Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:20 AM PDT on July 18, 2012
- Central Subway Work Starts While Funding, North Beach Concerns Remain (SFGate)
- Muni Execs Received Bonuses Based on Inflated On-Time Metrics (Bay Citizen)
- 24th St BART Escalator Back in Service After Four Months (Mission Local)
- Curbed SF Previews the Western SOMA Community Plan: Taller, Mixed-Use Buildings
- Stanley Roberts Joins SFPD Sting Harassing Cyclists on the Wiggle (Uptown Almanac)
- SF Man Found With 114 Stolen Bikes Pleads Not Guilty to Felony Charges (SFGate)
- ABAG to Authorize Study of VMT Tax (Mercury News)
- Bicyclist Hospitalized After Being “Left Hooked” by Car Driver on Post and Scott (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Emeryville Bicyclist Injured in Collision With AC Transit Bus Driver (BCN via CoCo Times)
- Car Found 3 Weeks After Hit-and-Run With Rohnert Park Cyclist (Press Democrat)
- East Bay Express Readers Vote Parklets “Most Revolutionary Idea in Urban Design”
- SPUR Blog: CAHSR to Face Biggest Challenges Over Next Two Years
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