Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on July 16, 2014
- Muni Opposes Level Boarding Platforms for Van Ness BRT (SFGate, Hoodline)
- “Restore Balance”: “The Bike Lobby is Running Transport Policy… Let’s Go Back 10 Years” (SFBG)
- More on Facebook’s Sean Parker Funding the Free Parking Measure (TechCrunch)
- Mission Bay Residents Protest Increase in Fees for Private Shuttles Using Muni Stops (SF Examiner)
- More on the Muni Train Contract (SFGate); Many Muni Operators Dislike Approved Labor Contract (Exam)
- Stanley Roberts Finds Drivers Failing to Use the New Back-in Angled Parking in Front of City Hall
- An Honest Flowchart for Your Choices in Getting Around SF (Bold Italic)
- Portland Charges Disabled Parking Placard Holders at Meters, Parking Spaces Empty Out (Tribune)
- More on the Proposed Embarcadero Protected Bike Lanes (Biz Times), Lower Speed Limit Study (SFBG)
- Curbed Maps SF’s Best Privately-Owned Public Spaces, Bay Area’s Best Spots to Camp Without a Car
- In 1894, There Was a Bicycle Messenger Route From Fresno to San “Fransisco” (Mission Mission)
- Oakland Police Correct Statement: Cell Phone Use Not Ruled Out in Mayor Quan’s Car Crash (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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