Today’s Headlines
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By
Lisa Ratner
9:38 AM PDT on May 2, 2013
- SFMTA’s Ed Reiskin Hopes to Quell Parking Meter Furor at Hearing Today (SFBG, KQED, SF Exam)
- Reiskin: We Can’t Keep Starving Muni of Funding (SF Examiner)
- C.W. Nevius on Polk: “Reality is There Isn’t Enough Parking” (SFGate)
- Why Are Announcements on Muni Often So Hard to Understand? (SFGate)
- Bill From CA Assemblymember Ting Would Create Signs Alerting Drivers of Senior Pedestrians (AsianJ)
- Photos: Illegal Parking Around SF (SFGate)
- Copenhagenize’s List of Top 20 Bike-Friendly Cities Doesn’t Include Any From U.S. (Bay Bikers)
- Harvard Names SFPark One of the Top 25 Innovations in Government (City Insider)
- Will BART’s Ban On Unruly Passengers Extend to Political Protestors? (RT)
- Pleasant Hill BART Spreads Leaflets on Proper Bike-Locking Techniques (Patch)
- Attorney: Cyclists Can Receive Compensation From Driver Even if Passenger Doored Him (SF Exam)
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