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By Joe Linton

9:10 AM PDT on August 25, 2014

Supervisor Antonovich Pushing HSR Tunnel to Avoid Community Impacts (LAT)
Foothill Gold Line Extension Getting Overhead Wires Installed (The Source)
Ombudsman Responds to Segment Threatening Cyclists (NPR)
Demonstrators March for Crosswalk Safety After Ped Killed (WeHoVille)
Eastside Goldline Extension 2 EIR Released (The Source)
Brownfields Threaten South L.A. Health (KCET)
Operation Firefly Makes Cyclists Visible at Night (Glendale News Press)
Comparing Potential Capacity Train vs. Bus vs. Car (Let’s Go L.A.)
Forget the Limo, Bike to the Emmys (KPCC)
Looking into the Walkable Future of Downtown Santa Monica (Santa Monica Next)
How Artesia Became Little India (KCET)
15-Foot-Tall Parking Restriction Signs in Culver City (Curbed)
San Francisco’s Missing Crosswalks (SB SF)
Portland’s Disabled Parking Reforms Working Well (Oregonian)

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