Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on August 19, 2014
- Buffered Bike Lanes Installed on Ortega Street in Outer Sunset Safe Routes to Schools Project (SFBC)
- More on SFPD’s Back-to-School Traffic Enforcement (KTVU, Weekly); Muni on School Schedule (Exam)
- SFMTA to Host Public Hearing on Van Ness BRT Changes This Friday (Hoodline)
- Film Festival Focuses on Raising Awareness About Safer Streets in SF and Worldwide (SFBG)
- GJEL Partners With Select Bike Shops to Provide Free Helmet With Purchase of Child’s Bike
- More on 28-Year-Old Man Struck While Hailing Cab at Mission and 24th Streets (CBS, SF Examiner)
- “Uber Effect”: Strangers Getting Into Random Cars, Thinking They’re for Hire (ValleyWag)
- Two BART Board Seats Face Challengers, While Two Other Incumbents Run Unopposed (CoCo Times)
- False Report of Struck Man Halts Caltrain for One Hour Over Weekend (SF Appeal)
- Motorcyclist Killed After Fleeing Car Sideshow Near Bay Bridge in Oakland (CBS, KRON)
- Elderly Cyclist Attacked by Three Men on Armed Robbery Rampage in East Palo Alto (Mercury News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Man in San Jose Remains At Large (CBS)
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Stan Parkford is a graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Department at SF State University.
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