Headlines, January 21
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8:06 AM PST on January 21, 2025
- San Francisco Effort to Stop Traffic Violence Still Failing (KQED)
- BART Braking Glitch (NBCBayArea)
- Transit Ridership Growing (SmartCitiesDive)
- GOP/Musk Trying to Kill HSR and a Whole Lot Else (SFChron)
- Danville Shows it Has No Interest in Bike Safety (EastBayTimes)
- More on Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks (EastBayTimes)
- Driver Mows Down and Kills Pedestrian in Sunnyvale (SFChron)
- But I Saw a Cyclist Run a Stop Sign Once (SFGate, SFStandard, SFChron)
- Court Clears Waymo Expansion (SFExaminer)
- S.F. Leads in Closing Housing Shortage? (SFChron)
- S.F. Flood Resilience Plan (SFExaminer)
- Bombing S.F. Hills (SFStandard)
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