Today’s Headlines

• SFMTA to Fine Tech Bus Company for Getting Stuck on Hill, Blocking J-Church (CBS)
• Lyft, Uber, Sidecar Launch Features to Allow Carpooled Rides (SFGate, TechCrunch, Slate)
• Did You Know the Mayor and Supervisors Are Required to Ride Muni Twice a Week? Ha. (SFist)
• Is Mayor Lee Bluffing With His Threats to Supporters of Sup. Wiener’s Transit Funding Measure? (SFBG)
• People Behaving Badly: Non-Handicapped Drivers Abuse Blue Parking Zones and Disabled Placards
• Smart Cars: Finally, a Car to Fill Those Unused Slices of Curb Space Between Driveways With (Weekly)
• Four Pragmatic Ways You Can Make SF’s Streets Better for Bicycling (SFGate)
• BART Officials Work to Increase Awareness of Rules for Bikes on Trains (SF Examiner)
• BART Hiring Young “Junior Engineers” to Replace Retiring Employees (NBC)
• SF Startup Creates Gesture-Controlled Car Display for Phones to Reduce Distracted Driving (Biz Times)
• Freight Operators Say Business is Hurt by SMART Construction on Existing Tracks (Marin IJ)
• Driver Who Struck 98-Year-Old Man in Berkeley: Legally Blind, No Driver’s License, Distracted (CBS)

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