Today’s Headlines
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8:12 AM PST on March 8, 2017
- Today is International Women’s Day. Some of the websites you encounter will be closed in solidarity with “A Day Without Women”
- Gee, “female” pedestrian signals, how enlightened (Lonely Planet)
- The case for protected bike lanes (Fast CoExist)
- Statewide survey finds Californians want state action on climate, immigration (PPIC)
- There is a lot of excess parking at transit stations (Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders)
- Advocates want change on 17th Street in San Francisco (SFBay)
- And improvements on Market Street (SFBC)
- SANDAG relied on outdated information, underestimating costs of transportation projects (Voice of San Diego)
- San Mateo Countywide Transportation Plan will include measurable performance targets (Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition)
- Amid stale ridership numbers (SF Gate)
- BART considers raising fares (Mercury News)
- And so does Golden Gate transit district (Marin Independent Journal)
- You don’t want to be me: 20 years ago, I killed a bicyclist (WBUR)
- Putting a stop to chop shops (SF Weekly)
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