Friday’s Headlines
Vigil for another child killed by bad street design; BART adjusts its schedule to much consternation; More
8:51 AM PDT on September 8, 2023
- Vigil held for child killed when a driver opened a door without looking (Oaklandside)
- Riverside Transit Agency offers free rides every Friday (Patch)
- BART changes its schedules (Mercury News)
- and is running shorter trains (and they are packed again) (SF Standard)
- Meet the SolTrans bus drivers who stuck around (The Reporter)
- Getting congestion pricing right is key (Curbed)
- Fun stuff about the Oakland Bay Bridge (The Bay Link)
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