Today’s Headlines
BART Labor Negotiations Continue (Exam, SFGate, Weekly, ABC), Politicians Unlikely to Step In (Chron) San Francisco Among Cities to Get US DOT’s “Everybody is a Pedestrian” Grant (SF Examiner) Muni Bus Catches Fire on 38-Geary Line for Second Time This Week (SFGate, KTVU) Downtown SF is Growing Without Adding Car Parking (SocketSite) Pedestrian Hit by Flying Fire Hydrant in … Continued
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Andrew Boone
8:58 AM PDT on August 9, 2013
- BART Labor Negotiations Continue (Exam, SFGate, Weekly, ABC), Politicians Unlikely to Step In (Chron)
- San Francisco Among Cities to Get US DOT’s “Everybody is a Pedestrian” Grant (SF Examiner)
- Muni Bus Catches Fire on 38-Geary Line for Second Time This Week (SFGate, KTVU)
- Downtown SF is Growing Without Adding Car Parking (SocketSite)
- Pedestrian Hit by Flying Fire Hydrant in March Car Crash Sues Uber — Will They Pay Up? (SFBG)
- SF Weekly Bike Columnist Looks at How Bike-Share Systems Deal With Helmets
- Oakland’s New Latham Square Plaza to Open on Block of Telegraph Next Week (Curbed)
- goBerkeley Demand-Based Parking Pricing Program Set to Launch in October (Berkeleyside)
- SamTrans, Caltrain Look to Improve Employer and Residential Pass Programs (Green Caltrain 1, 2)
- Caltrain Hits Car on Tracks in Redwood City, Stalling Line for an Hour; No Injuries (SFGate)
- Dublin Adds Green Bikes Lanes in Golden Gate Drive Streetscape Improvements (CoCo Times, EBBC)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Hospitalizes Man Bicycling in Fremont (Mercury News, ABC)
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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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