Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM PDT on October 18, 2013
- BART Unions Announce Second Strike (SFGate, Examiner, SFBG, CBS 1, 2, ABC)
- SF Appeal Lists Transit Alternatives; Business Leaders Warn of Productivity Costs (SF Appeal)
- Mission Local Breaks Down How SF Compares With Other Cities on Double Parking Enforcement
- CityFix Shares Insights from the Recent Shared-Use Mobility Summit in Berkeley
- CA DMV Cracks Down on Disabled Parking Placard Abuse Across the State (NBC)
- 90-Year-Old Menlo Park Driver Jumps Curb, Pins Twin Boys Against Wall (NBC, SFGate, Merc)
- $417M Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore to Open Next Month for Car Commuters (SFGate)
- Berkeley Approves Model Car-Lite Apartment Development (Berkeleyside)
- Oakland/Alameda Posey Tube Has a Long Way to Go to Become Bike/Ped-Friendly (Alamedan)
- Ferry-Riding Drivers Complain About Proposal to Charge for Parking at Larkspur (Marin IJ)
- San Jose Bike Party Strives for Zero Waste, Raises Funds for Public Bike Repair Stands (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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