Today’s Headlines
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9:01 AM PDT on July 8, 2013
- BART Back on Track as Negotiations Continue (SFGate, SF Examiner, CBS)
- BART Pledges to Crack Down on Absenteeism (SF Chronicle)
- Do BART Workers Need to Work on Their PR to Gain Political Support? (SF Chronicle 1, 2, SF Weekly)
- More on SPUR’s BART Strike Takeaways for More a Resilient Transit System (SF Chronicle)
- Apps Provided Options for the Wealthy (NC), But Many Rideshared the Old-Fashioned Way (Alamedan)
- City Agencies Seek Public Input on Streetscape Upgrades at Valencia and Mission (Bernalwood)
- New SF Company the First to Offer Shared Leases on Cars (CBS)
- No Charges Yet for Firefighter Who Allegedly Drove Truck Drunk, Causing Crash (SF Appeal)
- Man Killed by Caltrain in Atherton (SFGate)
- In Palo Alto, the Car-Dependent Elderly Who Can’t Drive Turn to Volunteer Pick-Up Services (PA Online)
- Driver Kills Pedestrian in Union City (SFGate)
- Santa Rosa Police Crack Down on Drivers Violating Ped Right-of-Way, Jaywalking (Press Democrat)
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Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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