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By Damien Newton

10:23 AM PDT on May 4, 2012

Dodgers Praised for Reducing Parking Rates to Below Market Rate (Daily News)
Everyone Is Confused By 710 Big Dig Outreach, But Know It’s a Dumb Project (Patch)
When Your TAP Card “Expires,” Prepare for Chicanery (Blogging L.A.)
Metro Schedules the Requested Public Hearing for Beverly Hills on Subway (The Source)
Officials Say Critics of High Speed Rail Using Bad Numbers (North County Times)
The Politics of Measure R+ in Sacramento (Land Line)
Box: Don’t Believe the Hype, LADOT Unchanged (City Watch)
Does York Road Bridge Need a Road Diet? (Flying Pigeon, Patch)
Transit Fare Honor Systems Only Cost-Effective in Some Cities (Atlantic Cities)

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