Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:29 AM PDT on August 22, 2012
- $942M Central Subway Grant Signed by President, Headed to Congress for Approval (SF Examiner)
- Solo Driver Assemblywoman Fiona Ma Doesn’t Like HOV Lane on I-80, Drafts Bill Against It (SFGate)
- SFMTA Board Lets Taxi Drivers Sell Permits, Ignoring Long-Standing Wait List (SFGate, SF Examiner)
- How SF Families Bike for Transportation (Bay Citizen)
- SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum to the WSJ: “It’s About the Bike as a Means to an End”
- Clipper to Introduce $3 Fee For New Cards Starting Sept. 1 (Sac Bee, Muni Diaries)
- Even Plastic Red Cups Help Keep Drivers Out of Bike Lanes (Atlantic Cities)
- Motorist Pleads Not Guilty to Running Over Fremont Mother with Stroller on Sidewalk (Argus)
- Menlo Park Family Sues Driver Who Struck, Injured Teen in Crosswalk (Palo Alto Online)
- San Rafael City Council Accepts SMART Station TOD Plan Despite Resident Protests (MarinIJ)
- East Bay Express Explains the “Dos and Don’ts” of Riding AC Transit
- San Jose Council Approves Compromise Plan for Hedding Street Bike Lanes (Cyclelicious)
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