Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM PDT on October 16, 2013
- Despite Decline in Car Commuting, More Cars Being Registered in SF (SF Appeal)
- BART Labor Talks Drag On (SFGate, SF Examiner, CBS, Mercury News)
- AC Transit May Get Cooling-Off Period (Oak N., CBS); KQED Forum Discusses Both Labor Disputes
- Tonight: Bay Area Bike Share Open House to Weigh in on Station Locations (BAR, Mission Mission)
- Twin Peaks Neighbors Complain About New Trail That Separates People From Cars (SFGate)
- SFMTA Board Approves Regulations to Crack Down on Illegal Taxi Schemes (Exam, Weekly)
- Ticket-Evading, Scofflaw Car Owner Removes Wheel Boot: “It Felt Like Extortion” (Bold Italic)
- goBerkeley Launches With Demand-Based Parking Pricing (Berkeleyside)
- Elderly Couple Hit by Driver in Pleasanton Crosswalk; Woman Killed (KTVU)
- Boy, 7, Struck by VTA Train in San Jose; Crash Deemed an “Accident” (NBC, KRON)
- Driver Destroys San Jose Nail Salon (CBS)
- Bill Signed by Gov. Brown Could Help BART Generate Revenue Through Tax Assessments (EBX)
- Davis Lowers Bicycle Fines to Encourage Hesitant Cops to Issue Tickets (SacBee, Cyclelicious)
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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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