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By Damien Newton

8:46 AM PDT on July 11, 2011

Don Ward, Damien and Sammy, Michelle Kavanaugh, a guy on a skateboard and Bill Rosendahl? What the heck? Photo:Tony Arranaga, Facebook

Does Anyone Like Rep. Mica's Transportation Bill? (DC Streetsblog)
Villaraigosa Plans to Take on Prop. 13 (LAT)
So. Pas. Eases Opposition to 710 Big Dig (Star-News)
Lowering State Car Tax Was Really Dumb (LAT)
Epstein: Thinking of Carmageddon from the East Coast (HuffPo)
Dude Keeps Suing the Gold Line Authority Over Monrovia Extension (SGV Trib.via Curbed)
Governor Brown Struggles to Get Rid of State Cars (SacBee)
Black Women Who Bike D.C. Band Together (WaPo)
Legal Planet: SB 375 Has Been Ineffective at Reducing Urban Sprawl in California
Tom Vanderbilt Weighs in on “Carmageddon” (How We Drive)

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