Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PST on December 18, 2014
- Supes Approve Muni’s Purchase of 61 Long, Low-Floor Hybrid Buses (SFBay)
- More on the “Early” Improvements Planned for Geary BRT (SFBay)
- A Breakdown of the Possibilities Studied for a Central Subway Extension to Fisherman’s Wharf (SPUR)
- Photos of Construction Progress on the Transbay Transit Center (Curbed SF)
- BART Oakland Airport Connector Was Shut Down by Plastic on Tracks, Blown Circuit Breaker (SFGate)
- Bay Bridge “Bay Lights” to Become a Permanent Fixture After Funding is Raised (SFGate)
- Oversight Panel Says Bay Bridge Bolts Are Safe to Stay, With Inspection and Maintenance (SFGate)
- People Behaving Badly: Drunk Driver in Rain on Bay Bridge Cuts Off CHP Officer
- Caltrain Raises One-Way Fares by $.25, Day Passes $.50 (ABC); More on the Crash in Atherton (PAO)
- Pleasanton Named a Bronze-Level “Bicycle-Friendly Community” (Mercury News)
- SMART Looks to Fund Extension, Bike/Ped Path From Larkspur to Cloverdale (Marin IJ)
- Daly City Police Still Looking for Driver Who Killed 77-Year-Old Man in Crosswalk on Skyline (KTVU)
- SideCar Lets Riders Choose Drivers’ Sex (CBS); Uber Says it Will Focus on Safe Drivers (Biz, ABC)
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Stan Parkford is a graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Department at SF State University.
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