Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:22 AM PDT on August 2, 2012
- Referendum to Block 8 Washington Qualifies for Nov 2013 Ballot (City Insider)
- SFBC: SFPD Falsely Telling Ticketed Cyclists That SFBC Has Called for Cyclist “Crack-Down”
- SFGate’s Recent “Daredevil” Bike Commuter Profile “Feeds Into Culture of Fear” (SF Weekly)
- More on Tomorrow’s BART Rush Hour Bike Ban Removal (SFGate)
- Traffic Concerns Over Proposed 706 Mission Tower and Museum Project (SF Examiner)
- Pedestrian Injured by DUI Driver Near Sebastopol (CBS 5)
- Cyclist Killed by Truck Driver in Santa Rosa Remembered as “Gifted Teacher” (Press Democrat)
- SPUR Reviews Progress of Bay Area BRT Projects
- MTC Grant Funds Richmond Program for Shuttle, Bike and Electric Car Share (CoCo Times)
- Bay Trail Path to Berkeley Marina Under Construction (Oakland Tribune)
- Danville Museum Exhibit Features Bay Area Transit “Before BART” (CoCo Times)
- Change Your Life Ride a Bike Asks: Is it Ever OK to Bike on the Sidewalk?
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