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By Joe Linton

7:56 AM PST on November 7, 2014

L.A. City Planning Releases New Draft of Mobility Plan (LA2B)
L.A. Won’t Reach Garcetti’s Housing Goals (LAT)
Subway Won’t Quite Reach the Sea This Phase (LAT)
Family Blames Signal Malfunction for Car vs. Pedestrian Fatality (KTLA)
Development Planned Along Metro Gold Line in Boyle Heights (Curbed)
Carnage: Electric Bike Dooring Fatality in North Hollywood (Daily News)
Car Crashes Into WeHo Restaurant Injuring Four (WeHoVille)
Gov Brown Says High Speed Rail OK, Shocker: LAT Not So Sure
L.A. City Crackdown on Illegal Trash Dumping (KCET)
Estimating Ridesharing’s Potential for Los Angeles (Parc)
Vision Zero Rally Today Against Traffic Violence (SB SF)
Woodhaven BRT Could Set Standard for NYC (SB NYC)

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