Today’s Headlines

• SFMTA Continues Negotiations to Lease Pagoda Palace for Central Subway Extraction (SF Exam)
• Families of Victims in New Years Day Car Wreck Seek Funds for Funeral Costs (SF Weekly)
• BART Pushing Its Limits to Relieve Crowding for Its Ballooning Ridership (SF Weekly)
• BART Also Seismically Retrofitting the Transbay Tube -- Beware of Late-Night Delays (ABC)
• Driver Crashes Into Apartment Building at Potrero and 21st (Mission Local)
• The Garage Owner's Nemesis: The Sloppy Street Parker Who Drives Infrequently (SF Weekly)
• SF Weekly Bike Columnist: "I Don't Care About Lance Armstrong"
• San Mateo County Health Dept. Wants Contractors to Help Promote Walking and Biking (Cyclelicious)
• Under New State Law, Los Angeles Seeks EIR Exemption for Its Bike Plan (Streetsblog LA)
• Amtrak Teams Up With CAHSRA to Buy Trains They Can Both Use (CBS)
• Land Acquisition Underway for CA High-Speed Rail (Rail Journal)
• The Wave of the Future: Big-City Mayors Tout Protected Bike Lanes as Economic Must-Haves (USAT)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill