Today’s Headlines

Featured Headline: Friday seems like a million years ago, but I would be remiss if I didn't give you all a place to comment on the legislature's acquiesence to the Governor/AEG on the CEQA/Farmers Field.  The law doesn't just give special legal protections to the stadium but, as Curbed summarizes, "it expedites those environmentally-based lawsuits for all development projects that cost more than $100 million and are found to be environmentally friendly (infill, LEED Silver, extra 'transportation efficiency.'"

• Expo Phase II Groundbreaking Is Today! (LAT)
• Senate Considering Overriding Brown Veto of Fee Increase for Drivers on Phone (Cycle.icous)
• LADOT: Thanks for the Help Joe, Here's Some Updated Spreadsheets (Bike Blog)
• Santa Monica Getting a Laugh at Venice Out of Stricter RV Rules (Yo Venice via Curbed)
• L.A. Firefighters Bike Cross-Country to Honor 9/11 First Responders (DNAinfo)
• German Travel Writer Rides L.A. on Bike, Loves It Because of Calm L.A. Drivers (Spiegel)
• Odd Ranking of L.A. As Third Best Transit City in America (Online Degree)
• Copenhagen Deals with Bike Congestion (Guardian)
• Growing Number of Women Break Into Boy’s Club of Bike Mechanics (NYT)