Today’s Headlines
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9:26 AM PST on February 21, 2017
- Yup, Caltrain Electrification Federal Funding Vanishes, Maybe Forever (SF Gate, US News)
- Media Notes Connection to Republican-Boogeyman, High Speed Rail (LAT, Governing, SFist)
- Caltrain Launches E-Petition to White House (Examiner)
- Last Week Conservative Media Pondered Trump as “High Speed Rail President” (Breitbart, Blasting News)
- While CAHSR Blog Calls it “Republican Attack on Electrification”
- Bay Area Transit Leaders Playing Long Game, Working on System to Survive Global Warming (East Bay Times)
- MTA Hosting Meeting on 17th Street Improvements (Examiner)
- Meet the Mastermind Behind Your Morning BART Commute (East Bay Times)
- We Must Stop Leaving Our Homeless Out in the Rain (Examiner)
- SF Assemblyman Wants to End Confusion on “Ride to the Right” (Cycleicious)
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