Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Andrew Boone
9:02 AM PDT on June 12, 2013
- Supervisor Wiener: Muni Service Needs to Expand to Accommodate Coming Population Growth (CBS)
- Supervisor Kim: Congestion Pricing “May Be the Only Way” to Have a Livable SoMa (KQED)
- SFMTA to Stick to “People Plan” Strategy to Avert Car Congestion at America’s Cup (SF Chronicle)
- Civil Grand Jury Calls for Better Education and Enforcement to Improve Bike Safety (SF Examiner)
- 39-Year-Old Man Dies After Crashing Car Into Tree in McLaren Park (SFGate, CBS)
- Muni, Fire Department Face $542M in Fines for Outdated Gas Nozzles (SF Examiner)
- Fatal Limo Fire on San Mateo Bridge Prompts Proposed Law to Require Exit Doors (CBS)
- Pedestrian Streetscape Improvements Underway on Burlingame Avenue (Mercury News)
- Bay Trail Gaps in Burlingame Must Be Fixed by Private Waterfront Land Owners (SF Examiner)
- Lafayette City Council Votes Against Constructing BMX Park in Community Park (CoCo Times)
- Victims Sue Over April 2012 Caltrain-Car Crash in Menlo Park (Almanac)
- Driver Injures Guido Arnout, 58, While Cycling on Alpine Road in Palo Alto (PA Online)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Andrew Boone covers the Livable Streets Movements for Streetsblog in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Andrew's claim to fame is once having bicycled more than 12,000 miles of smiles in one year. nauboone@gmail.com
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