Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on July 17, 2014
- Walk SF to Host a Shared Streets Tour in Hayes Valley Next Month (SFGate)
- More on the SFMTA’s Plans for a Protected Bikeway on the Embarcadero (SF Examiner)
- Facebook Billionaire Sean Parker Getting More Attention for Funding “Restore Balance” (Grist, Take Part)
- With Bike Use on Caltrain Continuing to Grow, So Do Instances of Riders Getting “Bumped” (CBS)
- People Behaving Badly: Police Find Drivers With Numerous Violations on Peninsula Coast
- Oakland to Finally Re-Pave Jackson Street, Known for the “Worst” Pavement in the City (Oak Trib)
- Oakland Mayor Quan Changed the Reported Time of Her Car Crash Twice (KRON)
- Berkeley Housing Development Would Include 65 Units, Retail, and Just 8 Parking Spots (Berkeleyside)
- Berkeley Driver in Ped Hit-and-Run Caught After Witness Grabs Wallet Through Window (Berkeleyside)
- In Richmond, Waiting to Make Left Turn on to Freeway On-Ramp “Annoying” (SFGate)
- Pay-as-You-Drive Car Insurance Comes to California (KTVU)
- More on the San Francisco-Fresno Bike Courier Service of 1894 (Gizmodo)
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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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