Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Brian Addison

9:29 AM PDT on October 26, 2012

Beverly Hills City Council votes to take “no position” on Measure J (Beverly Hills Courier).
Downtowners: prepare for street closures as the Rock’n’Roll Halloween Half Marathon takes over (LAist).
Undoubtedly the coolest, most futuristic highway one can imagine (and it even charges your electric car for you). Gotta love the Dutch (Tree Hugger).
Speaking of Europeans and beautiful design, they also happen to build bridges — for pedestrians and bikers alone (Azom).
D.C. unveils its newest public transit rail, No. 7000 (Washington Post).
18-year-old arrested for the random stabbing of 28-year-old jogger in Rossmoor (O.C. Register).
Does Long Beach need to have a pedestrian safety forum? Second pedestrian death by a vehicle (Long Beach Post).
Though it has already been proven in other studies, the New York Transportation Department proves it once again: an increase in alternative mobility infrastructure provides an increase to local business (New York Times).
Port of L.A. scores another environmental award from international trade mag (Daily Breeze).

More headlines are here, at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.

Brian Addison

Today's Headlines

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