Today’s Headlines
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9:00 AM PDT on August 26, 2013
- Discovery of Footage in Amelie Le Moullac’s Crash Gets Coverage From C.W. Nevius, KTVU, SF Weekly
- Advocates Deem Free Muni for Youth Pilot a Success (SF Examiner)
- Bay Area Bike Share Launch Events Set for SF and SJ; SF Examiner Guest Columnist Warns of Glitches
- Urban Life Signs Analyzes the Possibilities for Utilizing Street Space on Polk
- BART Reliability Dropping (Appeal); SPUR Panelists Ponder the Future of Transbay Commuting (KTVU)
- Bay Bridge Span Tests Going Well (SFGate); Carmageddon Not Predicted During Closure (Exam, CBS)
- BAAQMD Installing Air Pollution Monitors Along Bay Area Freeways (CoCo Times)
- SFMTA Office Contaminated With “Mysterious Substance” That Sickens 34 (SF Appeal)
- Car-Free Streets a Hit in Fairfax (Marin IJ)
- Caltrain Breaks Down During Friday Evening Commute (KTVU); Catches Fire Saturday Night (SFBay)
- More on City CarShare’s Planned Electric Bike Fleet for SF and Berkeley (Daily Cal)
- SacBee Looks at California’s Declining Number of Teen Drivers, Growing Number of Elderly Drivers
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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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