Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on July 8, 2014
- Ballot Initiative to “Restore Balance” For Cars Turns in 17,500 Signatures (SFGate)
- After Years of Delay, Central Subway Turnaround Loop at Mission Bay Moving Forward (SFBay)
- Muni Unions’ Vote to Ratify Labor Contract Postponed One Week (SF Examiner)
- Petitioners Want Speed Bumps Alongside Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley (Hoodline)
- SFSU Student Makes Mini Documentary About Uber, Lyft, and the Taxi Industry (Vice)
- Driver Wrecks Two Parked Cars on the Wiggle; Nobody Hurt (Hoodline)
- Remembering Haight’s Streetcar Line (Hoodline)
- BART Board Member: SF Should Give More Money to BART (SFGate)
- BART Extension Construction in Milpitas to Move Forward Despite Ruling Against Car Closure (ABC)
- Driver Kills 57-Year-Old Man Crossing El Camino Real in San Bruno (Patch)
- CHP Cracking Down on Drivers Who Fail to Register Out-of-State Plates, Withholding Revenue (NBC)
- Gavin Newsom is So Passionate About Sustainable Transportation, He Owns Two Teslas (SFGate)
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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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