Today’s Headlines
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Roger is off today and will be back tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 15.
8:54 AM PDT on August 14, 2017
- Hit-and-run in SOMA leaves man with life-threatening injuries (Hoodline)
- Protected bike lane near UC Berkeley nearing completion (East Bay Times)
- BART has an excess of pre-loaded Clipper cards (SFGate)
- Oakland housing construction is on track, but falling behind on affordable housing (Hoodline)
- Caltrans is hiring (BakersfieldNow)
- Guy with money rails against high-speed rail, but has no idea how it works (Bay City Beacon)
Get state headlines at Streetsblog CA, national headlines at Streetsblog USA
Roger is off today and will be back tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 15.
Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.
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