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9:01 AM PDT on July 8, 2011

  • Tobar: Respect Your Ridazz! (LAT)
  • The Good News: Mica Bill Has Some America Fast Forward in the Language (The Source)
  • Former Board Chair and Current County Supe. Knabe on the Future of Transportation (Press-Telegram)
  • Box: LADOT Failure to Innovate Costs the City Millions, Again (City Watch)
  • Alpern: Even the Romans Knew You Have to Fix and Build Roads (City Watch)
  • How to Drive Everywhere You Want To on Carmageddon Without Stressing Out (LAT)
  • Creating Public Space, 120 Feet at a Time (CP&DR)
  • A Love Letter to the Mighty Scooter (LAT)
  • Et Tu'?  TIME Sounds the Carmageddon Warning Siren
  • Famous Hack Journalist Compares New Bike Lane in NYC to Terrorism (CBS 2)
  • LA, OC Gas Prices Drop Again (Daily News)

The Mayor's Office and City Planning asked me to clarify that Mayor Villaraigosa's pledge to create "40 miles of bike infrastructure a year" didn't start until July 1, 2011...the start of the fiscal year.  Read more about this pledge, and the article the city is responding to, right here.

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