Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
8:22 AM PDT on May 21, 2014
- Fed Grant and Loan For Purple Line Subway to La Cienega (KPCC, LARegister, DN, The Source)
- Metro Fare Increase Vote Overview (Daily News)
- Opinion: LAT Pro Metro Fare Increase and Pro Garcetti Amendment Motion
- Opinion: Trains Carrying Crude Oil Will Explode (LAT)
- Great Westwood Car-Parking Must Be Just Around the Corner (Neon Tommy)
- How A Small Hardware Store Helped Heal Its MacArthur Park Neighborhood (LAT)
- LA Register Profiles the Bicycle Kitchen (via BikinginLA)
- Exploring DTLA’s 70s-Era Elevated Pedways (CityLab via The Direct Transfer)
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