Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on August 1, 2014
- SFMTA’s Pilot Program Allowing Private Shuttles to Share Muni Stops Begins Today (SFGate, Exam)
- Campos: Mayor Isn’t Punishing Supervisors for Transit Measure, He’s Punishing Constituents (SFBG)
- Zachary Watson ID’d as Man on Bike Put in Critical Condition by Fleeing Driver on Post St (KTVU)
- 84-Year-Old Van Driver Collides With Muni T-Third Train at Embarcadero and Harrison (SF Examiner)
- Man Who Stole Truck, Went on Damaging Civic Center Spree, Charged With Felonies (Examiner, CBS)
- SF Has Second-Highest Transit Trips Per Capita, Says Federal Database (FiveThirtyEight)
- Map Shows SF’s Bicycle Network Grow Over 43 Years (MapStory)
- New App Allows Drivers to Hire On-Demand Parking Valets in SoMa (SFGate)
- 90-Year-Old Driver Crashes Into Downtown Palo Alto Cafe, Injuring Five (NBC, Merc, SFGate, CBS)
- BART’s Oakland Airport Connector Passes Crucial Automatic Test Run (KQED)
- VTA Plans to Remove Under-Used Light-Rail Stop (Mountain View Voice)
- Details of San Jose’s Future Planned Bikeways Are Now Available (Cyclelicious)
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Stan Parkford is a graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Department at SF State University.
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