Today’s Headlines
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By
Lisa Ratner
9:24 AM PST on March 7, 2013
- Sloat Pedestrian Safety Improvements Won’t Be Designed Until June 2014 (SFGate)
- Defense Attorney: Driver That Killed Girl on Sloat Was Barely Over Legal Alcohol Limit (SF Exam)
- Far Fewer Students Enrolled in Free Muni for Youth Than Expected (SF Examiner)
- SFBC Rewards Good Cycling Behavior With Chocolate and a Chance to Win a Vacation (SF Weekly)
- Witnesses Testify Against Chris Bucchere at Hearing on Bike-Pedestrian Death (ABC, KTVU)
- Muni to Use Shorter Buses Only on 67 Line for Next Three Months, According to Bus Driver (Bernalwood)
- More on Supervisor Katy Tang’s Call to Curb Muni Switchbacks (SF Examiner)
- Privatizing Public Transit Doesn’t Solve a Lot of Problems (Bay Citizen)
- Opening Day Walk Across the New Bay Bridge Will Be Fee-Free (SF Examiner)
- How Can SF Best Accommodate Increased Density in the Coming Decades? (SFGate, SFBG)
- Approval of Caltrain/HSR “Blended Track” Agreement Falls Short by One Vote (Almanac, Examiner.com)
- Menlo Park Lawyer Prepares New Lawsuit Against HSR Construction in Central Valley (Almanac)
- Hayward City Council Votes to Eliminate Red-Light Cameras (CoCo Times)
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