Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PST on January 23, 2015
- New GG Bridge Barrier Causes Drivers to Speed; CHP to Increase Enforcement (KRON 1, 2, KTVU)
- Proposed City Code Amendment Would Privatize Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces (SocketSite)
- Uber Reports 11,000 Active Drivers in SF (Exam)
- DMV Says “Ride-Share” Drivers Need Commercial Plates; Uber Bars Drivers Who Comply (Buzzfeed)
- SF Bicycle Coalition Rides San Jose With the Silicon Valley Bike Coalition and Bike East Bay
- BART Board Urged By “Black Friday 14” Protest Supporters to Drop Demands for $75K in Restitution
- Protesters Who Took Over San Mateo-Hayward Bridge Cited for Causing “Nuisance,” Car Crashes (PA)
- Lake Merritt’s Revival Included Improved Pedestrian and Bike Access, Reduced Traffic Lanes (SPUR)
- Palo Alto City Council Approves Two Bike Boulevards on Maybell and Churchill Avenues (PA)
- Atherton Considers Suing Over Caltrain Electrification Environmental Impact Report (Almanac)
- More on Assemblyman Levine’s Push to Fast-Track New Lane on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (ABC)
- Man Run Over By Own Car in San Jose (CBS); Head-On Collision on Hwy 1 in Montara (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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