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Today’s Headlines

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By Joe Linton

8:15 AM PST on December 23, 2014

Assemblymember Richard Bloom Pushes Transit Oriented Development (Santa Monica Next)
Metro To People Charging Cell Phones: Don’t Steal Our Electricity (KPCC)
Walk Eagle Rock Debunks the You Can’t Pedestrianize a State Highway Myth
L.A.’s New Taxi App Tries To Compete With Rideshare Companies (LAT)
LAPD To Track Officer Driving Safety Via 1-Year Pilot Black Boxes in Patrol Cars (KPCC)
LA County Sheriffs Maybe Negotiating Something Similar Someday (Daily Breeze)
A Community Garden Grows in East L.A. (Eastsider)
South Pasadena Hit and Run Driver Rams Family Walking, Kills Dog (LAist, KTLA)
The Valley Has Been Shortchanged By Metro and Measure R (Curbed)
Good Design For the L.A. River: It’s Complicated (KCET)
Shoup On How To Make Parking Meters Popular (Access)
Feds Fail To Push Safety Features To Make Trucks Safer For Peds (SB NYC)

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