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By Damien Newton

6:51 AM PDT on June 18, 2013

Bike Nation: LB Start in Early 2014, LA “in Next 12 Months” (Star-News)
South Bay “on the Warpath.” Measure R Highway Funds Used for Leimert Station (Daily Breeze)
Spring Street Park Opens (Blog Downtown, DTLA Rising, LAist, Streetsblog LITE, LAT)
Angelenos Enjoying Echo Park Lake (Curbed)
First and Spring Park Next…in 2 to 3 Years (Downtown News)
Wolfpack Hustle Plans “Civic Center Crit” Race after CicLAvia (Downtown News)
A Detailed Look at Vague Plan for Fairfax/Grove Streetcar (City Watch)
CAHSRA CEO Addresses Controversies Over Contractor Also Chosen to Build Central Subway (NBC)
SoPas’ Mayor: Biking to Work Since the Year I Was Born (The Source)
Either a Majority Angelenos Are Disabled, or Disabled Placards Are Being Abused (ACCESS)
The Bike Lobby Is Real! (Politico)
Like Mike: Garcetti Plans Meeting with Bloomberg (Daily News)
Daily Carnage: Drugs and Driver Blamed for 30 Car Pileup in Aga Dulce (Daily News, Video on NBC4)

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