Today’s Headlines
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9:06 AM PDT on October 13, 2011
Featured Headline: Last night a Disney Land employee was biking home from work when she was struck from behind and killed by a negligent driver. Was the driver trying to pass her? Would the publicity surrounding the passage of a 3 Foot Passing Law have saved her? We’ll never know. Thanks, Governor Brown.
- America’s Commutes Start Sooner, Last Longer (BBC)
- Virgil Village Getting Traffic Calming Plan (Curbed)
- City Lab Looking at Westwood Village (Daily Bruin, The Source)
- Exploring L.A.’s Newest Neighborhood, Occupy L.A. (Curbed)
- An Amusing Compilation of GM Apology Tweets (Transportation Nation)
- Transportation Engineer Claims CicLAvia Bad for Bike Advocacy (LAT Letters)
- Brown Giving Unions What They Want With Bill Signings (LAT)
- City Officials Look to “Unleash” LA River (Daily News)
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