Today’s Headlines
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By
Rob Poole
9:25 AM PDT on July 2, 2015
- Motorcyclist Crashes Into Two People at Market and Third Streets (CBS, NBC)
- Woman on Bike Injured By Hit-and-Run Driver at Stevenson and Sixth Streets (Hoodline, SF Appeal)
- Muni Awarded $41 Million Grant From Cap-and-Trade Program for New Metro Trains (SFBay, SFGate)
- Cartoon: Why Did Mayor Lee Only Ride Muni Twice During the 22-Day Challenge? (SF Examiner)
- Uber, Lyft: Don’t “Stifle Innovation” With New Regs (Exam); More on Their Lack of Public Data (Weekly)
- New CA Law Gives Ride-Hail Drivers Basic Liability Coverage With Metromile (ABC)
- Oakland Approves Budget to Fund City’s First Department of Transportation (SFBay)
- Caltrain to Keep Restrooms in New Car Design, No Plan for More Bike Space (Socketsite, Green Caltrain)
- BAAQMD May Give $20 Million for Caltrain Electrification (Green Caltrain)
- Milbrae Station Development Plan Expects 70 Percent Car Usage (PTA)
- Heat Creates Power Outages for VTA (NBC); Passengers Evacuated (ABC, CBS)
- Caltrans’ “Largest Environmental Mitigation” Ever in Willits: Herbicides for a Highway Expansion (ABC)
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