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By
Rob Poole
9:00 AM PDT on October 8, 2015
- Driver Critically Injures 87-Year-Old Woman at Van Ness and Broadway (SF Gate)
- Gov. Brown Signs Bill Banning Pedestrian and Bike Toll on Golden Gate Bridge (CBS, SF Bike, MIJ)
- Transit Leaders Tout Vision Zero at APTA Annual Meeting in San Francisco (SF Bay)
- “Affordable Divis” Group Calls for Pedestrian Safety and Transit Improvements on Corridor (Hoodline)
- Driver Gets Stuck Trying to Go Down Stairs at Conservatory of Flowers (Richmond District Blog)
- More on Next 10 Report, Ranks Church and Market Muni Stop as Best Transit Station in State (Hoodline)
- Caltrain Hits Car on Tracks in Burlingame, Marks Sixth Crash Since September (Merc News, NBC)
- Palo Alto City Council Removes Three Parking Exemptions for Downtown Developments (Palo Alto Online)
- Caltrain and SamTrans Consider Raising Rates, Could Take Effect 2016 (The Daily Journal)
- Caltrain Hits and Kills Person Near Burlingame Station (The Daily Journal)
- Warm Springs BART Station in Fremont Won’t Open Until 2016 (Merc News)
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