Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on September 5, 2014
- Caltrain Approves Purchase of 16 Rail Cars From LA’s Metrolink (SFBay, Green Caltrain)
- Muni Looking to Create App Allowing Riders to Pay Fares With Smartphones (BI)
- Castro Street Makeover Completion Delayed Until Mid-October (BAR)
- Three Shuttle Stops Proposed to Replace Daytime Car Parking on Castro and Church Streets (BAR)
- Stanley Roberts Finds People on Bikes Behaving Badly at Polk and Market Streets
- Growing Uber Looks to Build New Headquarters in Mission Bay (SF Examiner)
- Electric Scooter Share “Scoot” Expanding in Neighborhoods Like the Mission (Mission Local)
- Citymapper, Popular Worldwide Transport App, to Expand to SF (Softonic)
- SFFD Official Demoted After Using Emergency Lights to Flee Minor Car Collision in Sonoma (SFGate)
- With Booming Economy, Bay Area Driving and Highway Congestion Apparently at All-Time High (CBS)
- Army Veteran Earns Medal for Saving Man Who Fell on BART Tracks in Orinda (SFGate)
- Couple Sues San Carlos Over Instituting Rush-Hour Parking Ban on Holly Street (Mercury News)
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