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By Damien Newton

8:31 AM PST on February 2, 2010

L.A. Prepares Plan to Lay Off Police, Firefighters (Times)
Gold Line Extenstion to Azusa Ready for a June Groundbreaking (Pasadena Star News)
Council Woman Perry: Lack of Progress on Angel’s Flight “Pathetic” (Downtown News)
How Much Do the Feds Spend on Transit? See For Yourself (NYT)
Not All CAHSR Advocates Happy with Federal Decision (CAHSR Blog)
Nationally, There’s a Boom in Car-Sharing (Treehugger)
Civil Rights Coalition Launches Bilingual Census Ads in Buses (Chronicle)
Where Are L.A.’s Bus Shelters? (City Watch)
Locally, Demand Is “Bursting at the Seems” (NBC4)
Melbourne’s Swanston Street Goes Car-Free (Herald Sun)

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