Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Andrew Boone
9:01 AM PDT on July 16, 2013
- Proposal to Increase Bicycle Parking Requirements Passes Board of Supervisors Committee (SFBC)
- Curbed Maps 20 San Francisco Streetscape Improvements Projects
- Supporters Hold Rally in the Marina for Hit-and-Run Victim Monique Porsandeh (NBC)
- Supes Still Working Out Compromise on CEQA Appeals Reform as Approval Nears (SFBG, SFGate)
- Plan Bay Area Would Slow Growth of Vehicle Emissions, But They Would Still Grow (SF Public Press)
- All Aboard the NIMBY Bus to Fight Smart Growth in Marin County (Marin IJ)
- BART Negotiator Has Shady Record (EBE), CoCo Times Columnist: Workers’ Demands Are Unrealistic
- Experts Say Bay Bridge’s Many Construction Problems Not a Threat to Safety (CoCo Times)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 46-Year-Old Man on Overpass in Berkeley (Berkeleyside, KTVU)
- Driver Pleads Guilty, Deemed Insane in Killing 1 and Injuring 16 People in 2006 (KTVU, CoCo Times)
- VTA Light Rail Train Derails at Low Speed, No Injuries (Mercury News, KTVU)
- Traffic Court Rules That Newark Red Light Camera Tickets Are Valid (CoCo Times)
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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