Today’s Headlines
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By
Rob Poole
9:58 AM PDT on August 28, 2015
- Muni Announces Second Service Increase for September; April Increase Boosted Ridership (SFGate)
- SFMTA Begins Construction on SF’s First Urban Parking-Protected Bike Lane on 13th Street
- Painted Bulb-Out Installation Underway at Four Intersections in North Beach (Hoodline)
- Driver Hit by F-Market at Pier One While Reportedly Making Illegal Left Turn (Hoodline)
- N-Judah Shut Down After Train Hits Construction Vehicle at UCSF Parnassus (Hoodline)
- 19th Ave Development Planned in Sunset Would Have 42 Housing Units, 56 Parking Spaces (SocketSite)
- SFO Renews Permits for Ride-Hail Apps (SF Exam); Cabbies Say App Drivers “Troll” Terminals (Weekly)
- SamTrans Ridership Increases Six Percent Over Two Years After Service Reorganization (Mercury News)
- Two Suspects Turn Themselves in for Driving Into Gas Line That Burned Santa Clara Strip Mall (NBC)
- San Jose Police Still Seek Driver Who Hit and Killed Woman on Sidewalk (ABC, NBC, SFGate)
- People Behaving Badly: San Jose Drivers Run Stop Signs and Red Lights Near BART Construction
- Sidecar’s California Permit Suspended After “Administrative Error” (SF Examiner)
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