Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:00 AM PDT on August 9, 2012
- BART Escalators Running Again After Funding, Maintenance Increases (SF Examiner)
- Low Bidder for Central Subway Chinatown Station Has History of Cost Overruns (Bay Citizen)
- BART Riders Share How the Rush Hour Bike Access Pilot Benefits Them (SFBC)
- The Mission Takes the Lead in Bike Corrals (Mission Local)
- CoCo Times: BART Delays Caused by “Unholy Trinity” of Problems, Riders None Too Happy
- Bay Trail Extensions, Gap Closures Coming to Richmond (CoCo Times)
- When Construction Closes Sidewalks, Stanley Roberts Calls People Walking in the Road “Stupid”
- Free Oakland Broadway Shuttle Funded Through 2014, Evening Hours Added (East Bay Express)
- Lafayette BART Transit Village Plan Criticized as “Truly Offensive” (CoCo Times)
- San Jose Residents React to Plans for Road Diet, Buffered Bike Lane on Hedding St. (Mercury News)
- Spare the Air Day Declared Today, Fifth this Summer (SFGate, ABC 7)
- Stanford Experiments With Off-Peak Commute Incentives (Ars Technica)
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