Today’s Headlines

• Driver Shoots Roy Mottini, a North Beach Neighborhood Figure, After Altercation in Crosswalk (SFist)
• Photos of the Transbay Transit Center’s Above-Ground Construction Progress (Curbed SF)
• SF Examiner Looks Into Why Senator Mark Leno Decided Not to Run Against Ed Lee for Mayor
• SF Public Works Makes it Easier to Remove Weak Street Trees (SFGate), Before They Collapse (KRON)
• Taxis Bumper Stickers Bash “Ride-Share” (CBS); NerdWallet Calculates “Ride-Share” Driver Profits
• BART Oakland Airport Connector Falling Short of Ridership Needed to Break Even (CBS)
• Bay Bridge Piers in Oakland May Be Re-Used (SFGate); Builder May Develop West Oakland BART (Biz)
• The Greater Marin Finds Good and Bad in Golden Gate Transit’s Service Changes Along Highway 101
• San Rafael City Council Votes for SMART Quiet Zones Before Trains Have Hit the Tracks (Marin IJ)
• It’s Amazing How Easy it is for a Distracted Driver to Flip Their Car on a Neighborhood Street (Marin IJ)
• With Used Train Purchases and Electrification, Can Caltrain Make More Room for Bikes? (Daily Journal)
• More on San Jose’s Proposed Sidewalk Bicycling Ban (NBC); CBS 5 Anchor Stan Bunger Applauds it

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