Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Robert Prinz
9:25 AM PST on December 5, 2012
- Supes Approve Transit Impact Development Fee With Full Non-Profit Exemption (SFExam, SFBG)
- SFMTA Board Finally Approves Free Muni for Low-Income Youth (City Insider, SFExam, ABC, CBS)
- SF Weekly: Churches Can Handle Sunday Metering, Just Like Synagogues Do on Saturdays
- More on the SFMTA’s Pagoda Plan for Central Subway Drill Extraction in North Beach (SFGate)
- Planning Dept. to Release Privately-Owned Public Spaces Guide (SFGate)
- BART Survey Seeks Customer Feedback on Market-Rate Parking Fees Proposal
- Female Cyclist Shot, Killed Near California Street Bike Blvd. in Berkeley (Berkeleyside, Merc, CBS)
- Driver Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Killing San Mateo Pedestrian in Hit-and-Run (CBS)
- Napa VINE Buses Double Frequency by Removing Stops (Register)
- Alameda County Faces Transpo Budget Crisis With Failure of Measure B1 (EBX)
- Bad Loan Deal Sticks AC Transit with Ex-Manager’s Foreclosed Home (SFGate)
- BART Spent $5M Avoiding Bird-Related Construction Delays to Fremont Extension (Merc)
- Roadshow Argues for Lowering 2/3 Vote Majority Threshold for Increasing Transpo Taxes
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