Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:05 AM PDT on August 21, 2014
- Is CicLAvia Worsening Eastside Gentrification – A Hipster Invasion? (KPCC)
- LAUSD Decriminalizing Minor Offenses!! (LAT)
- 4 Long Beach Blue Line Stations Closing 30 Days For Construction (LongBeachize)
- Beverly Hills OKs Early Purple Line Subway Construction (The Source)
- Urban Scrawl Sympathizes With DTLA Peds Vs. Construction (Downtown News Tumblr)
- Capping the 101 Freeway Through Hollywood To Build A Park (LA Register)
- Judge Dismisses Case Against Pro-Airport Santa Monica Ballot Measure (LAT)
- L.A.River Revitalization News:
Frogtown Does Not Want To Be L.A.’s Hot New In-Neighborhood (LA Weekly)
Studio City Golf and Tennis Site Housing Development EIR Released (KCET)
City Seeks Comments on Purchase of Key 41-Acre Cypress Park Taylor Yard Site!! (LARiver.org) - Planned Adaptive Reuse of Iconic DTLB 1924 Building (LongBeachize)
- Boy on a Bike Visits And Bikes Portland
- Chicago Implementing “Walk to Transit” Quick Fixes Programs (SB Chicago)
- Whack NYC Bike Citation Enforcement is Disproportionate, Illegal, Unfair (SB NYC)
- Bike Lane Lunacy Hurts Vancouver Business – Not! (Price Tags)
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