Today’s Headlines

• BART Unions Issue 72-Hour Notice of Strike (ABC, KTVU, SFGate, Mercury, Mission Local, KQED)
• Support Seen on Both Sides (CoCo Times, CBS); Should BART Cut Free Family Passes? (CoCo)
• Mercury News Wants to Join Your BART-Less Commute; Disabled Commuters Will Be Hit Hard (KQED)
• MTC Gives Out Gift Cards to Encourage Drivers to Casually Carpool During Strike (CBS)
• Can CPUC Regulations Get Rideshare Drivers to Provide Service Equitably? (SF Weekly, KQED)
• The Vision of Polk Street's Hidebound Merchants: Keep it More Like Detroit Than Paris (SFGate)
• A Reminder That Polk is on the List of San Francisco's Most Important Bike Routes (7x7)
• KRON's Stanley Roberts Talks With Victims of Bike Theft in San Francisco
• East Bay BRT Clears Hurdles at Oakland City Council (TransForm)
• Vibrant Bay Area: Carbon Shouldn't Stop Transit-Oriented Developments; KALW Profiles a Few of Them
• SamTrans' Consolidated "Route ECR" Service to Run On Weekdays Starting August 12 (Almanac)

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