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We'll start live-tweeting the Metro Board Meeting at 9:00 A.M.

By Damien Newton

8:59 AM PDT on October 28, 2010

Sprawl, or great city? Photo:##http://www.flickr.com/photos/thatwaszen/317875169/##anxiao studio/Flickr##

We’ll start live-tweeting the Metro Board Meeting at 9:00 A.M.

GOOD Asks: Is L.A. Sprawl or a Great City?
Update on Green Line Extension Meetings (Redondo Beach Path, Curbed)
Preview of Today’s Board Meetings (The Source)
Villaraigosa Hopeful That Republican Congress Would Work on 30/10 (The Source)
A Parent’s Guide to Transit in L.A. (HuffPo)
Audit Questions HSR Expenditures (LAT)
Ray LaHood to NPR: “Drivers Should Never Use Cell Phones”
Sign Up to Follow the Sassy Tweeting Freeways (LAist)
It’s Official, NJ Kills Nation’s Largest Transit Project (CNN)
L.A.’s First Bike Corral Opens on Saturday (Facebook/CICLE)

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