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San Francisco Nurse Killed by a Driver While Walking to Work (BCN via CBS5) Couple Accused in Hit-and-Run Death of USC Student Refuses Plea Deal (LAT) Muni Driver Commits Suicide by Jumping Off the Golden Gate Bridge (SF Weekly) SF Examiner: "Group Seeks to Derail Subway Project" "Cash for Clunkers" Senate Debate: McCain’s Talking Sense, […]

Courtesy: SF Appeal Last week I tried to download the real-time transit data application Routesy from the Apple Store, only to find that the Store didn’t carry it. Some friends had recommended the application as an improvement over iBART and iMuni, which only provide the static schedules published by the transit operators, not real-time data. […]

Confiscated counterfeit and altered placards. Photos: Matthew Roth The fines for illegal use of disability placards and for fabricating fraudulent placards could go as high as $1000 if Assemblymember Fiona Ma’s new bill passes the State Senate and is signed by Governor Schwartzenegger.  The bill, which passed in the Assembly near unanimously at 73-3 on […]

MTC Proposes Raising Bridge Tolls in 2010 (Examiner) Silicon Valley Shuttles Upsetting Noe Valley Residents (Examiner) 2-Time Cable Car Bell Ringing Champion Oats Wins Again (SF Gate) San Jose City Council Won’t Give Up Car Allowance (Merc) Novato Considers Intersection Improvements After Death of 9-Year Old (Marin IJ) SamTrans Considers Service and Employee Cuts (SM […]

Supervisor John Avalos Takes the Lead on the Muni Budget (Beyond Chron)  SF Examiner: "Higher Muni Fare Evasion Fines Pitched" Sizing Up Muni at Bay to Breakers (SF Appeal) BART Director Fang Insists Phone Card Will Prove Translink Obsolete (Matier & Ross)  Independent Auditor Would Investigate Civilian Complaints Against BART Police (SF Gate) Examiner Editorial […]