Today’s Headlines
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By
Andrew Boone
8:36 AM PDT on October 16, 2015
- SFMTA Proposes Expanded Restrictions on Private Buses (SF Gate)
- Poor Transit Service Hurts Tourist Businesses in Fisherman’s Wharf (SF Exam)
- Oakland May Eliminate Parking Minimums for Downtown Residential Buildings (EB Express)
- Caltrain Proposes Fare Increases Despite Other Revenue Options Available (GC)
- Suspected Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Pedestrian in San Jose Arrested (Merc, KRON4, ABC, NBC)
- Deadly San Jose Crash Blamed on Poor Education and Job Opportunities for Youth (KRON4)
- More on Woodside Bike Haters’ Efforts to Discourage Cycling With Tacks (KRON4)
- Odd Items That End Up in BART’s Lost and Found (SF Gate)
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Andrew Boone covers the Livable Streets Movements for Streetsblog in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Andrew's claim to fame is once having bicycled more than 12,000 miles of smiles in one year. nauboone@gmail.com
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