Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on March 17, 2014
- Man in His 60s Critically Injured by Tour Bus Driver at 7th and Mission (ABC, KTVU)
- SFBG: Mayor Lee Has Failed to Deliver on Promises to Fund Bicycling, Pedestrian Safety Plans
- SFMTA Announces New Diversion Proposals to Get Cars Off of Market Street (SFGate)
- Proposal for $6 F-Line Fares Dropped by SFMTA (SFGate, SFBay)
- Report: Muni Among the Nation’s Slowest, Most Costly Systems, But Has Low Fares (Examiner, SFGate)
- SF Examiner Columnist: Central Subway Without an Extension is Built With “Tunnel Vision”
- Drug Use, Bad Behavior in Plaza Off Sixth Street Leaves Neighbors Wanting it Gone (ABC, UA)
- More on the Castro Street Groundbreaking (KQED, SF Appeal)
- Uber, Lyft Insurance to Cover Drivers When They Aren’t Carrying Passengers (SFGate, SFBG, KQED)
- Caltrain Officials: Ridership Rise Will Continue With Upgrades More Than Job Growth (SF Examiner)
- Bay Bridge Bike/Ped Path to Close Next Week for Ramp Connector Improvements (ABC)
- Unlicensed Driver Hits 8-Year-Old Girl on Bike in San Mateo (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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