Today’s Headlines

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  • Labor Day Weekend Transit (SFChron)
  • Transit Updates, Muni, SMART (RailwayAge)
  • Podcast: 50 Years of BART (SFChron)
  • Illinois Ads All Over BART? (SFGate)
  • More on JFK Promenade Fight (SFGate)
  • What’s Happening with the Central Freeway? (SFStandard)
  • California’s New Climate Measures (SFChron, SFExaminer)
  • Marine Layer Will Spare S.F. the Worst of the Heat Wave (SFGate)
  • Where Will it get Dangerously Hot (SFChron)
  • Letters: My Two Requirements for Getting Back on BART (EastBayTimes)
  • Commentary: East Bay Parks Need to Accept Work from Home (EastBayTimes)

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‘We’re Luring Bicyclists To Their Deaths’: Husband of Diplomat Killed While Cycling Turns Anguish Into Advocacy

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The husband of a U.S. diplomat who survived an evacuation from war-torn Ukraine only to be killed in a car crash as she biked on a Maryland road is raising money to stop other families from having to endure similar tragedies — and urging the public to reckon with an epidemic of traffic violence that's left his children without a mother.

Today’s Headlines

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  • Rec and Parks Updating JFK Promenade Markings (SFStandard)
  • More on BART Offering Half-off Fares (SFExaminer)
  • More on Bay Area Transit Pass Pilot (GovTech)
  • Take Uber or Lyft Because You’re Afraid of Transit? (SFGate)
  • More on New Housing, Parking Bills (Almanac)
  • Global Warming and Science Behind Heat Waves (SFChron)
  • San Jose Mayoral Candidates on TOD, Other Issues (SJSpotlight)
  • Will California Really Sell Mostly Electric Cars by 2035? (SFChron)
  • Cruise Driverless Car Crashes (SFExaminer)
  • Salinas Wants to Build a Busway Next to a Train Track? (MCW)
  • Commentary: Food Waste and Global Warming (SFChron)
  • Commentary: AC Transit Serves the Disadvantaged (Berkeleyside)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Caltrain ‘Juices Up’ for First Time (RailwayAge)
  • Muni Works to Reduce Gender-Based Harassment (MassTransit)
  • Commuter Rail for Napa? (NorthBayBizJournal)
  • Taking Transit to Big Basin Redwoods State Park (SFGate)
  • How Will Transit Agencies React to Self-Driving ‘Revolution’? (Forbes)
  • East San Rafael Prioritizes Drivers, Eliminates Planned Bike Lane (MarinIJ)
  • How Will San Jose’s Next Mayor Address Climate Change? (SJSpotlight)
  • Parts of Bay Area Likely to Break 100 Degrees This Week (SFChron)
  • Car Companies Petition for Self-Driving Cars without Glass, Standard Controls (GlassBYTEs)
  • Will Mixed Income Development Help or Hurt? (SFChron)
  • Commentary: Another Story of S.F. Housing Delays (SFChron)

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