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Finally a Carmageddon video I can get behind. Especially the part about the rain.

By Damien Newton

7:55 AM PDT on June 29, 2011

Finally a Carmageddon video I can get behind. Especially the part about the rain.

Shoup: AB 710 the Affordable Housing/TOD/Parking Bill Will Increase Affordable Housing (Design Advocate)
How Much Greenhouse Gas Is Saved by Orange Line Bike Trail? (The Source)
Read Metro’s Three Bike/Transit Report Results (Summary, Orange Line, Metro Rail)
Killer Driver Lives in Porter Ranch. Car Still Missing. (Safe Streets Northridge)
Cities Can’t Afford to Neglect Bike/Ped Infrastructure. Especially L.A. (NRDC Switchboard)
Canyon Country Killer Driver Given Life Sentence (Daily News)
The Source Readers Want to Make Transit More Attractive Euro Style
Is High Speed Rail a Culture War? (CAHSR Blog)
Appeals Court Says Calif. Can Continue Cap-and-Trade Plan (Sac Bee)
Chairman Mica Has Pet Rail Project, and Its a Clunker (NYT)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

I’ll be in Glendale a lot of the day, so it’s probably going to be a little light today.

Damien Newton

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