Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
8:59 AM PDT on June 12, 2014
- Councilmember Cedillo “Caught in a Lie” on N. Figueroa Bike Lanes (Flying Pigeon)
Cedillo’s #fig4all Bike Lane Meeting TONIGHT 6pm Franklin HS (Facebook event) - Sharrows Didn’t Prevent SF Bike Safety Instructor Being Hit By Distracted Driver (SBSF)
- L.A. Needs Protected Bike Lanes (RedQueeninLA via BikinginLA)
- Mortality 1900 vs. 2010: Heart Disease Up, “Accidents” Down Much Less Than Infectious Disease (LAT)
- Carnage: South L.A. Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 19-Year-Old Bicyclist (LAT, DN)
- Metro Bus Drivers Have “High Regard” for Bike Safety (The Source)
- LAUSD Passes Resolution: Asks Metro To Fund Bike/Ped Safety More Than 0.6% (SRTS)
- Beverly Hills Parochial Exceptionalism Gets in Way of Bikes, Transit (Bloomberg)
- Libertarians Excited About Parking Ticket Lawsuit vs. L.A. (Reason)
- Ride Sharing as the End of Private Car Ownership? (Price Tags)
- Chicago Bicycling Report: 125,000 Bike Trips Per day (SB Chicago)
- NYPD Blames Victim Hit By Speeding Driver (SB NYC)
- SF ABC TV Reporter Misguidedly Trashes CA 3-Foot Passing Law (SBSF)
- Develop Those Park-and-Ride Lots (City Lab via Direct Transfer)
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