Today’s Headlines

• SFMTA Board Approves Van Ness BRT Changes; ABC 7 Finds Some Parking-Obsessed Merchants
• SFPD Gets $210,000 Grant for Ped/Bike Safety Campaign (SF Weekly)
• Supervisors Vote for Katy Tang to Replace David Chiu as Board President (SFBay, SF Weekly, Examiner)
• Stanley Roberts Receives Threats for “People Behaving Badly” Segments on Car “Sideshows” (Weekly)
• Uber Executive Suggests Smearing Journalists Who Criticize Company (Buzzfeed, Examiner, CBS)
• More on the Cabbie Protest at SFO Over “Ride-Shares” (ABC, NBC); Another One Promised (SFGate)
• Reddit CEO Resigns After Employees Refuse to Move to Daly City — for Obvious Reasons (Slate)
• Private Parking Lot Managers May Not Have Legal Grounds to Fine for Exceeding Time Limits (ABC)
• BART Extension to San Jose is Looking Less and Less Like the Original Plans (SFGate)
• VTA Revisits Bus-Only Lanes for El Camino Real BRT in Palo Alto, Despite City’s Opposition (PA Online)
• Facebook Shuttle Drivers May Vote to Unionize, Seeking Higher Pay (CBS, ABC)
• Vigil Held for Mithaq Salem, Blind Man Killed by Driver While Walking to Mosque in Oakland (ABC)

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