Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:13 AM PDT on August 29, 2012
- In First Month of All-Door Boarding, Muni Fare Revenue Higher Than Last Year (SF Examiner)
- MTC HQ Move “Likely Legal” But Financially Risky (SF Examiner, CoCo Times, SFGate)
- Northeast Mission Merchants Rally Against New Business-Boosting Parking Meters (Mission Local)
- Valet Bike Parking Popular Among America’s Cup Spectators (Change Your Life Ride a Bike)
- Cyclist Recovers Stolen Wheels in San Leandro Police Sting (Plattyjo)
- Road Raging Driver Assaults Other Driver With Windshield Wiper in the Mission (Mission Local)
- Palo Alto Seeks Grant Funding for Bike Bridge Over Hwy 101 (Palo Alto Online)
- BART to San Jose Extension Receives $40M in Construction Funding (CBS 5)
- Systemic Failure: New VTA Guidelines for Bicycle Facilities Are a Step Backward
- BART.gov Goes Behind the Scenes With a Crew Installing New Vinyl Seats
- Study Shows CAHSR Will be Greener Than Alternatives (East Bay Express)
- Funds From SF’s Local Carbon Tax Sit Unused (SF Weekly)
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