Today’s Headlines
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By
Roger Rudick
8:08 AM PDT on May 18, 2020
- ‘Slow Streets’ and Other Good to Come from COVID-19 (SFChron)
- S.F. ‘Slow Streets’ Expands (SFBay)
- More on Walk SF’s Letter to SFMTA (SFExaminer)
- COVID-19 May Hurt Transit, Carpooling for Years (EastBayTimes)
- Lyft’s Bikeshare Monopoly (SFExaminer)
- Bay Area Counties Take Divergent Paths Towards Reopening (SFChron)
- More on Berkeley Sidewalk/Street Dining (Berkeleyside)
- Will Oakland and S.F. Permit Dining on Sidewalks, Streets? (SFGate)
- What Will Bay Area Dining Look Like? (SFChron)
- Hit & Run Driver Strikes Pedestrian in Bayview (SFExaminer)
- S.F.’s First Sanctioned Homeless Encampment (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: SF Parks Should be Part of Homeless Solution (SFChron)
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