Today’s Headlines
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9:07 AM PDT on August 20, 2012
- SFMTA Adds Crossing Guards, Parking Officers to Protect School Kids From Drivers (City Insider)
- Santa Rosa Driver, 81, Arrested For Chasing Bicyclist Down on Golf Course (Press Dem, KTVU)
- Sunnyvale’s Anti-Harassment Ordinance for Bicyclists Takes Effect (Bay Citizen)
- Antioch Woman, 34, Killed on Bike By Truck Driver (CBS)
- Man Killed on Bike By SUV Driver Between Walnut Creek and Concord (CoCo Times)
- SFBC Commuter Profile: BART Pilot Simplifies a Woman’s Dual-Bike Commute
- Alta Bike Share Says Current Delays Shouldn’t Affect Roll-Outs in Other Cities (Bike Portland)
- KTVU Struggles to Show the “Parklet Controversy”
- Many Illicit Disabled Parking Placards May Be Taken From Deceased Relatives (SacBee)
- Silicon Valley “Safe Ride” Program For Drunk Teens Ends Due to Lack of Funds, Volunteers (PA Online)
- Roadshow: Drivers Recount Horrifying Tales of Killing Pets on Neighborhood Streets (Mercury News)
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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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