Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PST on February 18, 2014
- Drivers Injure Pedestrians at Fourth and Market (SF Appeal), Irving and Sixth Ave. (SFGate)
- Powell Station Shut Down After Man Killed by Muni Train (CBS)
- Man Killed on Van Ness Also Lost Cousin in NYC Hit-Run (SFGate); Driver Pleads Not Guilty (Appeal)
- Walk SF, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Get a Spot on KQED Newsroom
- SFMTA Budget (SFGate): Muni Fare Hike Planned (KTVU, CBS), Free Passes Could Expand (SFGate)
- Waterfront Transit Pilots: 22-Fillmore Extension, Actual Traffic Enforcement Near Bay Bridge (Examiner)
- Willie Brown: I Saw Reckless Chronicle Truck Driver; SFist: Remember When Your Driver Hit Someone?
- Planning Department to Redesign Ocean Ave. (SocketSite); Castro CBD Gives for Street Upgrades (BAR)
- Man Who Called 911 to Aid Woman Injured on Bike Claims SFPD Threw Him in Jail (Opposing Views)
- More on “SAFE Bikes” Registry Launch (SFGate, CBS), SFPD Pledges Surge in Decoy Bikes (SF Appeal)
- Next Clipper Card Phase Could be Opportunity to Better Integrate Fare Structures (Green Caltrain)
- Gavin Newsom Turns Against CA High-Speed Rail (CBS)
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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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