Today’s Headlines
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9:03 AM PDT on August 13, 2012
- SFMTA Looks to Simplify and Streamline the Residential Parking Permit Program (SF Examiner)
- Better Market Street Planners Aim to Bring “a Simplicity of Place and Movement” to the Corridor (SFGate)
- Muni’s Operator Shortage Continues to Drive “Shadow” Service Cuts (SFGate)
- SF Examiner: “Muni Has Made Big Inroads” on Reducing Switchbacks
- Beyond Chron: SF Civil Grand Jury, Which Blasted Muni Switchbacks, “Should be Abolished”
- SUV Driver Critically Injured After “Losing Control,” Clipping Muni Bus on Sunnydale Ave. (SFGate)
- BART Ridership Up for 20th Consecutive Month (CBS 5)
- Gas Prices Soar Nationwide, SF’s Highest In California (CBS 5)
- “A Few People Rode Their Bikes to Outside Lands” This Weekend
- As America’s Cup Approaches, SFMTA Flyer Lays Out Transportation Options (Curbed SF)
- Wheelchair-Bound Oakland Man Critically Injured by “Vehicle” Which “Stopped and Assisted” (KTVU)
- CHP Motorcycle Officer Kills Oakland Woman Who “Ran Into” His Path (KTVU)
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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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