Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:17 AM PDT on August 15, 2012
- Survey Shows Tenderloin Residents Support More Two-Way Streets (Beyond Chron)
- SFBG Editorial: SF Can’t Afford Free Parking
- The History and False-Start Designs of Civic Center Plaza (SFGate)
- Controversial Muni Bus Ads Spur Petition for Removal (SF Examiner)
- BART Expanding Evening Commute Service on Richmond-Millbrae Line (BART.org)
- State Senate Passes Bill Barring BART from Blocking Cell Service (SFGate)
- Bi-Rite Creamery Applies for Parklet (Mission Local)
- Muni Trolleys Have High-Tech Cameras Instead of Mirrors, but Operators Ignore Them (SF Weekly)
- East Bay’s Secure BikeLink Lockers Gaining Popularity (East Bay Express)
- Safety Concerns Over Lack of Street Closures at Oakland’s Art Murmur (East Bay Express)
- East Bay Express Previews this Saturday’s PedalFest in Jack London Square
- Sonoma Sidewalk Cyclist Collision From 2009 Headed to Trial (Press Democrat)
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