Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:16 AM PDT on August 30, 2012
- Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured by Driver in Golden Gate Park (BCN via SF Appeal)
- 8 Washington Faces Board Re-Vote, November Referendum (SF Examiner)
- More on Muni’s E-Embarcadero Line Trial Run (Transbay Blog)
- Fremont St. Closed Through Long Weekend for Transbay Terminal Construction (ABC 7)
- Allstate Insurance Ranks SF 10th Worst Drivers Out of 200 US Cities (Forbes)
- Urban Design Contest Selects Teams to Construct SF Public Space Projects (Curbed SF)
- New Palo Alto Transpo Plan Stresses Alternatives to Single-Occupant Vehicles (Palo Alto Online)
- CA Assembly Approves Driverless Car Bill (Oakland Tribune)
- Cellphone Ticket Penalty Increase Passes State Senate (Palo Alto Online, Roadshow)
- CA High-Speed Rail Critics Take Environmental Justice Tack (Hanford Sentinel)
- Look What They Did in the Netherlands: A “Floating” Bike Roundabout (Atlantic Cities)
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