Today’s Headlines
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9:05 AM PST on November 5, 2012
- SF Examiner: BART Escalator Upgrades Need to Be Part of Better Market Street Plan
- SFPD Arrests Man Who Allegedly Assaulted Muni Agent Over Carrying Bicycle Into Station (CBS 5)
- Cost of Burned Muni Bus Won’t Be Covered by Insurance Policy (SFGate)
- Muni Kicks Off 100-Year Anniversary Celebrations (SFExam)
- SFCTA’s “Budget Czar” Website Shows SF’s Tough Transportation Investment Choices (SFExam)
- Man Killed by Muni Train While Walking on Subway Tracks Near Montgomery Station (NBC)
- Benches Removed From Harvey Milk Plaza to Push Out Panhandlers (SFGate, CBS 5)
- SFPark Makes Eighth Price Adjustment: Rates Drop or Stay the Same During 73 Percent of Meter Hours
- SFGate Profiles ‘Deep Jawa, Who Brought SF’s First and Only Residential Parklet
- Downtown Modesto Gets a Parklet (Modesto Bee)
- Redwood City to Improve North-South Bike Route, but Postpones Protected Lanes (Peninsula Transpo)
- SFGate Overviews “Bicycle Sundays” Car Closure on Cañada Road on the Peninsula
- Elderly Concord Man Killed by SUV Driver in Crosswalk (CBS 5)
- Study: Contra Costa County Spends the Most Time Commuting in California (CBS 5)
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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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