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By Joe Linton

8:52 AM PST on November 21, 2014

ICYMI Late SBLA Posts Yesterday:
Exide Agrees to Limited Lead Testing, County Looks Toward Lawsuit
Planning Commission Hears Mobility Plan, Won’t Decide Before April 2015
L.A. City Mobility Plan Update and Amendments Document (LA2B)
Infographic: How Glendale Residents Commute to Work (Glendale News Press)
How Damien Newton Founded SBLA (John Hopkins U)
San Diego Planning Goes from Conservative to Experimental (CityLab)
We Could Be on the Cusp of Self-Driving Cars (LAT)
We Are on the Cusp of the Worst Car Traffic Day in the U.S. (LAT)
Glendale Puts City Lot Parking Tax on Ballot (Glendale News Press)
Pat Robertson: God Is Totally OK With Speeding (HuffPo)
The Uber Empire Strikes Back:
Dumping Uber? Lyft Has Similar Issues (LAist)
BuzzFeed Writer Could Have Mentioned Arguable Ties to Lyft and Sidecar (Re/Code)
Adventure Cycling Finds It’s Not Easy Weaving Route 66 Bike Route Through CA Desert
Epic Rap Battle Pits Copenhagenize vs. Vehicular Cycling, with Extras (Planetizen)
High Tech Bike Water Bottle Refills From the Air (MSN)
ICYMI Great 3-Part SBUSA Series on “P3” Public-Private Partnerships:
1 – The Indiana Toll Road and the Dark Side of Privately Financed Highways
2 – How Macquarie Makes Money By Losing Money on Toll Roads
3 – The Great Traffic Projection Swindle

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