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	<title>Streetsblog Los Angeles</title>
	<link>http://la.streetsblog.org</link>
	<description>Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement</description>
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		<title>Happy Fourth of July</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo from last Fourth of July's Santa Monica Critical Mass by Dr. Alex Thompson/Flickr 
  Happy Fourth of July everyone!  Streetsblog will be taking tomorrow off and returning on Monday.   
  Have fun with the cookouts and fireworks, rest your eyes and we'll come back ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/02/happy-fourth-of-july/</link>
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		<title>Fairfax: Ped. Friendly, Bus Friendly and Bike Friendly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Sir Baldilocks/Flickr 
  (editor's note: This is the fourth part of our ongoing series where residents defend the &#34;alternative transportation friendliness&#34; of their community.&#160; While I'm still taking submissions at damien@streetsblog.org; I thought I'd share my thoughts on my community.&#160; You can read previous posts on Claremont, Downtown ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/02/fairfax-ped-friendly-bus-friendly-and-bike-friendly/</link>
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		<title>D.C.’s DOT Director talks “Transportation Freedom”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
  Meet Gabe Klein
who was appointed new director of Washington D.C.'s Department of
Transportation (DDOT) in December 2008. &#160;With an interesting background
which includes four years working for Zipcar, Mr. Klein was brought in with the idea of looking at the job from a fresh perspective (check out: Potholepalooza!) and innovating ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/02/dc%e2%80%99s-dot-director-talks-%e2%80%9ctransportation-freedom%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the Blogroll: Booking it Bus Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
  All too often, transit blogs tend to focus on the negative of riding the bus or taking the train.&#160; Experienced riders come off as jaded and veteran activists are just ornery because of the splitting headache earned from years of banging your head into the concrete divider known ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/02/welcome-to-the-blogroll-booking-it-bus-style/</link>
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		<title>Another Step in Reducing Auto Dependence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're a person who is accustomed to getting around the place you
live without a car, you've probably spent at least some time trying to
sell your auto-dependent friends on the concept. Maybe you've even gone
so far as to map out a route for them so that they wouldn't get
frustrated. And ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/02/another-step-in-reducing-auto-dependence/</link>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Headlines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
    An In-Depth Look at Last Weekend's Fatal Bike Crash on the CPH (Soapbox) 
    He Might Not Be Board Chair, but Villaraigosa's Back as Mayor of L.A. (Times, Daily News)
     Trutanich, Greuel Promise Transparency in City Attorney, Comptroller's Offices ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/02/todays-headlines-342/</link>
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		<title>Glendale City Councilman Najarian Takes Over as Metro Board Chair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
  Every year on July 1, the Chairmanship of the Metro Board of Directors changes hands.&#160; This year, Glendale City Councilman, and former Mayor, Ara Najarian takes the helm.&#160; While outgoing Chair Villaraigosa is rightly proud of his steering of the Board during the Metro debate, he often ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/01/glendale-city-councilman-najarian-takes-over-as-metro-board-chair/</link>
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		<title>Court Orders California to Stop Robbing Transit (Updated)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things may have gotten a little more difficult for Governor Schwarzengger, who is already wrestling with the titanic task of trying to pass a balanced budget for the fiscal year starting today, when a California court of appeals ruled that the state needs to stop taking funds dedicated by voters ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/01/court-orders-ca-to-stop-robbing-transit/</link>
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		<title>Streetfilms Illustrates the Need for More Bus-Only Lanes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

  Yes, this film is more &#34;New York Centric&#34; than I would usually cross post here, but I thought the simple illustration of the value of bus-only lanes was a good one and one we could use again.&#160;  
  The film tracks the growth of New York ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/01/streetfilms-illustrates-the-need-for-more-bus-only-lanes/</link>
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		<title>Metro&#8217;s New LRTP Boosts Bike/Ped Funding from 2008 Draft Levels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Photo: La Cita Vitta/FlickrIn the winter of 2008, Metro released the Draft Long Range Transportation Plan, outlining the agency's funding priorities for the next twenty years.&#160; The plan divided every funding category into two amounts, &#34;constrained&#34; and &#34;strategic.&#34;&#160; The Metro Board, hoping to get more funds ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/01/metros-new-lrtp-boosts-bikeped-funding-from-2008-draft-levels/</link>
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		<title>Cities See Population Gains — But What About Political Power?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Census Bureau has just released new data showing a resurgence of the nation's cities, with New York leading the way and Chicago reversing five years of population decline. 
     
  These New Yorkers grew in number by an estimated 53,000 this year. Will they ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/01/cities-see-population-gains-%e2%80%94-but-what-about-political-power/</link>
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		<title>Streetsblog.net Mind the Gender Gap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday's New York Times blog item about why New York women are underrepresented among the city's bike commuters didn't sit well with the authors of Streetsblog Network member Let's Go Ride a Bike.
Trisha, one of the blog's authors and a bike commuter herself in
Nashville, sees the piece as part of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/01/streetsblognet-mind-the-gender-gap/</link>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Headlines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
    11th Hour Vote on State Budget Fails (Times) 
    Times Loves Printing the List of Most Expensive-Taxpayer Funded Legislator's Cars
    In-Depth Ride Report on the &#34;Gold Line Bus&#34; (Metro Rider)
    Where Are the New &#34;Meter Hitches&#34; for ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/07/01/todays-headlines-341/</link>
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		<title>Caltrans Working Hard to Speed Up Local Streets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zelzah Avenue had it's speed limits raised last month, despite an intense lobbying effort by the Neighborhood Council and cyclists.  Photo: Daily News 
  Tomorrow, new rules governing how municipalities evaluate speed limits on local roads will go into effect.&#160; Unfortunately, these rules allow municipalities even less room ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/06/30/caltrans-working-hard-to-speed-up-local-streets/</link>
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		<title>EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
      
    (Photo: theweeklydriver.com)The
Environmental Protection Agency today granted California's request for
a waiver allowing greater limits on auto tailpipe emissions, a move
that effectively speeds up the phasing-in of the Obama administration's
fuel-efficiency standards in as many as 13 other states.
   
 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/06/30/epa-okays-stronger-auto-emissions-standards-now-in-ca-13-other-states/</link>
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		<title>City Celebrates Groundbreaking of Bike Path Extension in Elysian Valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Councilmen Garcetti and Reyes Celebrate the Groundbreaking with city staff and future path users.  Photo: Creek Freak 
  Yesterday, the city officially broke ground on a three mile extension of the L.A. River Bike Path that will take the path from its current terminus at Fletcher Drive all ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/06/30/city-celebrates-groundbreaking-of-bike-path-extension-in-elysian-valley/</link>
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		<title>Lawmakers Investigating the Resignation of Amtrak’s In-House Watchdog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The House oversight committee has launched an official inquiry
into the resignation of Amtrak's veteran inspector general (IG) earlier
this month -- on the same day that an outside law firm reported on
alleged interference with his work by management at the rail
corporation.  
  Amtrak IG Fred Weiderhold left earlier this ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/06/30/lawmakers-investigating-the-resignation-of-amtrak%e2%80%99s-in-house-watchdog/</link>
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		<title>We Are the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
    Fallout
continues in the wake of last Friday's narrow passage of the
Waxman-Markey climate bill, otherwise known as the American Clean
Energy and Security Act, in the House of Representatives. Paul Krugman can't believe 212 reps voted against it, while Matthew Yglesias points to a conservative faction that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/06/30/we-are-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Headlines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
    Oberstar: Midwest is ahead of California in high-speed rail planning (MinnPost) 
    EPA Allows CA to Limit Car Emissions (Times)  
     Local Papers Checks in on L.B. Sharrows (Press-Telegram, LB Post) 
    Hit and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/06/30/todays-headlines-340/</link>
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		<title>Calpirg, Smart Growth America Slam State Stimulus Spending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the government passed the stimulus bill last spring, it set a 120 day deadline for states to allocate at least half of transportation funds in the bill.  As that deadline passes today, CALPIRG and Smart Growth America released a report detailing how California is spending its stimulus dollars. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/06/29/calpirg-smart-growth-america-slam-state-stimulus-spending/</link>
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