Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog USA
10:26 AM PDT on August 12, 2015
- Sanford Ends Bike Crackdown After Hours-Long Meeting at Park Station (Examiner, KTVU, NBC)
- This is Still Happening: Man on Bike Injured By Driver at Market and Octavia (Hoodline, CBS)
- SFPD to Crack Down on Drivers Passing Cable Cars to Protect Operators (KTVU, Exam, SFGate)
- More on the Arrival of Lower Market Street’s Turn Bans for Private Autos (SFGate, KTVU, SF Examiner)
- Rec and Park Proposes Panhandle Upgrades, But Protected Bike Lanes Needed on Fell and Oak (SFBC)
- Sheriff Mirkarimi Had Drivers License Suspended for Failing to Report Car Crash (SFGate, ABC, Exam)
- Peskin Got Campaign Funds From Warriors Arena Foe, Warns of Transpo Impacts (SFGate – Scroll)
- SFMTA Keeps Replacing Median Sign Run Over By Drivers on Great Highway at Balboa (Richmond)
- After Car Crash on Bay Bridge, Woman Exits Car and Plunges Into Water (ABC, SFGate)
- BART Removes Carpet From the Last of Its Trains (Muni Diaries)
- Menlo Park Public Works Director on El Camino Real Vision: Adding Traffic Lanes Won’t Help (Almanac)
- Paris Lets Cyclists Jump Red Lights (BBC)
More headlines at Streetsblog USA
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.
Read More:
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog San Francisco
Oakland DOT Survey on Foothill Blvd. Project Excludes Protected Bike Lanes
Maybe it's time to hit the comments section of the survey?
October 8, 2026
Does the ‘Week Without Driving’ Give Car-Free Living A Bad Rap?
Nope; automobility does that! But there's more we can do to highlight the benefits of active and shared transportation, and demand even better for people outside vehicles.
October 7, 2026
How Your City Can Pass Its Federal Transit Equity Test and Still Fail Riders
"A system that looks fair on paper only because it pushed everyone else into a car is not equitable."
October 7, 2026
Q&A with Senator Scott Wiener
The state senator took a break from his congressional campaign to talk with Streetsblog about transit and the future of the country
October 7, 2026
