Today’s Headlines
Driver Killed by Red Light-Running Driver Who Fled on Foot at Cesar Chavez and Folsom (KTVU, ML) Coverage of the Polk Contra-Flow Bike Lane Opening (ABC, CBS, SFBay, SF Examiner) Another Great Sunday Streets: “When Cars Are Back… Everyone Needs to Pay More Attention” (KTVU) Bike to Work Day This Thursday: Time Again for Free … Continued
8:55 AM PDT on May 5, 2014
- Driver Killed by Red Light-Running Driver Who Fled on Foot at Cesar Chavez and Folsom (KTVU, ML)
- Coverage of the Polk Contra-Flow Bike Lane Opening (ABC, CBS, SFBay, SF Examiner)
- Another Great Sunday Streets: “When Cars Are Back… Everyone Needs to Pay More Attention” (KTVU)
- Bike to Work Day This Thursday: Time Again for Free Food and Drinks for Bike Commuters (SF Weekly)
- Castro Street Businesses Hurting During Sidewalk Widening Construction (KTVU, Castro Biscuit)
- Inner Richmond Driver Hits Parked Cars, Flips SUV, Possibly While Texting (Richmond SF)
- App Lets Drivers Get Paid by Other Drivers to Leave Their Curbside Parking Spot (Uptown Almanac)
- Stanley Roberts Watches Drivers Parked in Yellow Zones Get Ticketed, Towed
- C.W. Nevius on the Bike Theft Crackdown; BART Police Nab Two Major Bike Thieves (CBS, SFBay)
- More on Mountain View’s Congestion Pricing Proposal: Mayor Supports it (NBC)
- Few Commuters Get to Caltrain With a Car; 40 Percent are Car-Free (Green Caltrain)
- More on SB 1183, the Bike Tax That Became a Car Registration Fee for Bike Trails (SFGate)
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