Today’s Headlines
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8:46 AM PST on December 12, 2013
- Blaming Ped Victims, SF Fire Chief Hayes-White Threatens Planned Street Safety Fixes (SF Examiner)
- Muni’s Ugly Trolley Wires Still Worth the Benefits of Electric Buses (SFGate)
- Transbay Transit Center Hits Construction Milestone (SF Examiner)
- Caltrain: Ruling on CAHSR Funding Won’t Affect Electrification Schedule (SM Daily Journal)
- BART Re-Starts Talks Over Labor Contract Provision Dispute (SF Examiner, NBC, SacBee)
- MTC Committee Approves Funds for SMART Extension to Sonoma County Airport (Press Democrat)
- Omar Cervantescruz, 23, Killed in Solo Car Crash on Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay (Examiner)
- Palo Alto Residents Frustrated at Lack of Data to Predict Traffic With New Developments (PA Online)
- Woodside Audit Recommends Traffic Calming Upgrades for Safer Routes to School (Almanac)
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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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