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7:36 AM PDT on July 7, 2011

LACBC Crunches the Numbers and Discovers Some Grim Safety Stats for Communities of Lower Incomes. More info ##http://la-bike.org/city-los-angeles-bike-plan-environmental-justice##here.##
    • Metro Secures Major Federal Loan, $640 Million, for Westside Subway (The Source, The Source again, Curbed)
    • But Highway Expansion for O.C., Inland Empire Not Funded (P-E)
    • HOT Lanes Construction Gets Underway Today (LAT, KTLA, LA Weekly)
    • The Bridge to Nowhere Behind Carmageddon (Jewish Journal)
    • Dennis Zine Announces Candidacy for Comptroller (LAT, Daily News)
    • Controversy Over City Council Sub-Committees and the Brown Act (Daily News)
    • The New York Times Debates Whether or Not Carmageddon Is Silly (NYT)
    • The Source Reports on ABC 7's Report on Crowd Sourcing v. Carmageddon
    • Streets With Bike Lanes Improve Safety for All Users (Planetizen via Bike Portland)

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