Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on April 17, 2015
- Driver Injures Jogger at Panhandle Crossing at Oak and Masonic (SF Appeal, Hoodline)
- More on Leah Shahum’s Launch of the National Vision Zero Network (SF Examiner)
- Angela Alioto Pushes for Street Plaza at North Beach Church: “It Would Be Sinful to Drive On” (Hoodline)
- Former SFMTA Engineer: Leap Buses Forbid Wheelchairs; Leap: “We’re Not a Transport Carrier” (Chron)
- Mom: Letting My Daughter Ride Muni Alone at 11 “Launched Her Into a New Way of Thinking” (SFGate)
- Caltrain Launches Online Form to Report Bike Bumps (Palo Alto Online)
- BART Delayed By Track Death at Civic Center (SFGate); Caltrain Hits Woman in Santa Clara (SFGate)
- Woman Killed in Solo Car Crash on Highway 280 Off-Ramp at John Daly Boulevard (KTVU)
- Atherton Approves Button-Activated Ped Signal at Deadly El Camino Real Crosswalk (Almanac)
- Driver Sues San Mateo County, Stanford, and Ranch After Hitting Loose Horse on Hwy 280 (Almanac)
- Berkeley Driver Seriously Injures Woman After Possibly Mixing Up Pedals (Berkeleyside)
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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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