Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on August 7, 2014
- 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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