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• Supervisors Campos, Wiener picked to lead transportation board (City Insider)
• Man Who Drove Through Muni Tunnel Blew A 0.20 BAC (SFist)
• Man Who Drove Into Muni Tunnel Last Month Pleads Not Guilty To DUI Charges (SF Appeal)
• The C-line is back! (Market Street Railway)
• Fare Hack: Exploiting a Clipper Card Flaw Is Easy (SF Weekly)
• Another addition to the F-Market fleet (Market Street Railway)
• Miffed Muni mom mauls fellow passenger for crowding her (SF Examiner)
• Man Beaten And Robbed While Waiting For Muni (BCN via SF Appeal)
• BART expansion to Livermore to be studied (SF Examiner)

Muni is ready to resume testing its fabled E-Embarcadero route all the way down to Caltrain, as the city gets transit-ready for America’s Cup next year.

SFGate mentioned plans to get the resurrected streetcar route up and running in time for the 2013 event. But now SF State student journalists have confirmed plans for SFMTA to begin testing on the E this summer.

SFMTA confirmed the reports.

There’s no word yet where the stops will be. (For stop information, see Rick’s comment, below) According to Golden Gate Xpress News, an estimated $20-30 million will be spent on various transit projects to get the waterfront ready for throngs of boat-racing enthusiasts. Let’s hope it’s a win-win for visitors and locals alike.

Check out the Golden Gate Xpress for more.

Final update (7:25 a.m., next day): SF Appeal reports that Muni Metro is running again following repairs overnight.

Update (9:36 p.m.): SFGate now reports that crews will work throughout the night to restore power to the damaged lines. SFMTA spokespeople hope to have service running before the morning commute.

Update (5:57 p.m.): SF Appeal reports that a semi brought down the wires that are causing the delay. According to 511.org, the delay persists as of now.

Original post: SFGate has the story.

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• Lawsuit over S.F. fatal shooting by BART police (SFGate)
• Lawyer For BART Goes On The Offensive Against Fatal Shooting Lawsuit (BCN via SF Appeal)
• Next stage of Transbay Tube retrofit set to launch (BART.gov)
• Will SF’s Leaders Turn Transport Policy Innovations Into Lasting Change? (Streetsblog SF)
• Muni considers fees for home developers (SF Examiner)
• Building BART cars overseas adds insult to cost (SF Chronicle’s Mattier and Ross)