Today’s Headlines
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By
Roger Rudick
8:30 AM PDT on October 17, 2019
- What Other Streets Should Ban Cars? (Curbed)
- Renderings of Better Market (SFGate)
- No-Permit Scooter Company Carries On (SFExaminer)
- Self-Driving Scooters? (USNews)
- Proposed Express Bus Network (MercNews)
- More on BART Riders Cutting Security Lines (MercNews)
- Developer Joins HSR Board (SFChron)
- SMART Train Tax Extension Advances (MarinIJ)
- Fuel Taxes Bringing in More Money for Transportation (Patch)
- Newsom Defends Fuel Tax (Politico)
- Funds for Two Downtown Parks (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: Car Free Market Street Will Save Lives (SFChron)
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