Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on September 12, 2014
- Supervisors Finally Approve Siemens Contract to Build New Muni Train Fleet (SFBay, Biz Times)
- Tour de Fat Bikes and Beer Festival Returns in Golden Gate Park Tomorrow (Hoodline, SFGate)
- BART Inspects Train Wheels, Finds 23 Flaws on 20 Trains (CoCo Times)
- After Report, BART Board Promises to Change Negotiation Tactics, Union Relations (SFGate)
- Drivers Complain About Getting Tickets for Stopping in Bus Zone at Lake Merritt BART Station (KTVU)
- State Report Shows Poor Condition of Bay Area Streets Cost Drivers $2,206 Per Year (Mercury, SFGate)
- Two Oakland Crossing Guards Share Experiences of Protecting Kids Walking to School (Oakland North)
- Fremont Tears Down Building to Extend New “Main Street” (Mercury News)
- After Removing Red-Light Cameras, South SF Steps Up Enforcement at Dangerous Intersections (Exam)
- Mountain View to Host Bike Plan Public Workshop Monday, Launches Survey
- 48 Hills: Why Does Mountain View Get to Not Build Housing Near Google, “Outsourcing” Its Problems?
- One Dead, Two Injured in Crash After Driver Goes Wrong Way on Hwy 280 in Los Altos Hills (NBC)
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Stan Parkford is a graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Department at SF State University.
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