Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PST on January 6, 2015
- Muni to Launch Fare Payment App Pilot This Summer (SFist, CBS, ABC)
- City Hall Considered Contracting Paratransit Service to Uber, to SFMTA Taxi Chief’s Dismay (Exam)
- BMW’s “DriveNow” One-Way Car-Share Program Stymied by SF’s Parking Regulations (AutoNews)
- Nevius: Mayor Lee Could Appoint Julie Christensen or Cindy Wu as D3 Supervisor This Week (SFGate)
- SF Planning Department Releases Survey for Mission Street Public Space Plan
- More From the SF Bike Coalition‘s New Executive Director Noah Budnick
- On Narrow Mount Sutro Paths, Hikers and Off-Road Bikers Negotiate Right-of-Way (Hoodline)
- “Zipper Truck” Arrives to Install GG Bridge’s Movable Median Barrier (ABC, Mercury)
- New Website Illustrates Freeways and Bridges Envisioned for the Bay Area (CoCo Times)
- Jogger Hit by Driver In Berkeley (Berkeleyside); Police Chase Ends in Crash on Hwy 24 in Oakland (ABC)
- San Carlos Mixed-Use Transit Village Cleared for Development at Caltrain Station (Examiner)
- CA High-Speed Rail Breaks Ground Today in Fresno (LAT, SacBee, WaPo)
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Stan Parkford is a graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Department at SF State University.
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