Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog will be offline in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and resume publication tomorrow.
8:55 AM PST on January 19, 2015
- At Hearing on Alamo Square Parking Permits, Opponents Defend Free Parking as a “Right” (Hoodline)
- SFPD Helps Owner Recover Stolen Bike Registered on Bike Index, Listed on Craigslist (Mission Bicycle)
- Panhandle Curb Ramp Reconstruction Progresses (Panhandle Park Stewards)
- Mayor Lee Supports Free Muni for Low-Income Disabled and Senior Riders; Decision Tomorrow (SFBay)
- Supervisor Mar Asks State to Decriminalize Youth Transit Fare Evasion (SFBay)
- Friday Protests Lead BART to Temporary SF Station Shutdowns; Ridership Drops (SFGate, Exam, ABC)
- More on Mayor Lee’s Announcement of Support for a Second Transbay BART Tube (SFGate)
- How the New Bay Bridge East Span Was Designed to Be More Attractive Than Pragmatic (SFGate)
- Today’s Caltrain Freedom Train Ride Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Will Be the Last (Examiner)
- Marin Advocate Concerned SMART May Remove Bike/Ped Paths From Rail Plans (Marin IJ)
- Man in Wheelchair Killed by Driver While Crossing East San Jose Street (CBS)
- Cyclelicious: Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Needs to Make People Walking and Biking Safer, Too
Streetsblog will be offline in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and resume publication tomorrow.
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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