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Today’s Headlines

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By Joe Linton

8:33 AM PDT on July 1, 2014

Calling Out Councilmember Koretz on the Westwood Bike Lanes (UCLA Bike Academy)
CA HSR Authority Proposes Building Burbank-Palmdate Segment Sooner (LAT)
City Planning and its Contradictory Goals (Let’s Go L.A.)
Carnage: Big Rig vs. Sedan, Two Dead in Lancaster (LAT)
SF’s 900 Proposed On-Street Parking Spaces for Car-Share (SBSF)
NY City Council Concern For “Real New Yorkers” Parking Their Cars in the Street (SBNYC)
Research: Unintentional Consequence that Drivers Speed Up at Pedestrian Countdown Timers (NPR)
Informal Sector and Inequalities of Urban Development (NPR)
Cartoon Tuesday: Playing With Cars (Lunar Baboon)

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