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By Joe Linton

9:03 AM PDT on October 2, 2014

Carnage: Montebello Truck Driver Kills Woman Walking, Injures Two Children (LAT)
Hit-and-Run Criminal Driver Kills 101-Year-Old Man Walking in Boyle Heights (LAT)
KPCC Interviews Janette Sadik-Khan About Great Streets
How General Streetcar Criticisms Apply (or Not) to L.A.’s Proposed Streetcar (Let’s Go L.A.)
This Sunday’s CicLAvia Neighborhood Guide (Curbed)
Op-Ed: Respect Current Supes, But Don’t Name Metro Stations After Them Yet (LAT)
LAT Architecture Critic Christopher Hawthorne’s Take on the Union Station Master Plan
Governor Brown Tacitly Endorses Hit-and-Run Crime (Biking in L.A.)
Assemblymember Richard Bloom Weighs In On Santa Monica Elections (Santa Monica Next)
How Do You Want To Improve Long Beach? (LongBeachIze)
San Jose Candidates Court Bicyclist Voters (SB SF)
Scofflaw Drivers Ignoring New 25 MPH Laws (SB NYC)

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