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By Joe Linton

9:00 AM PST on January 7, 2015

Metro CEO Art Leahy Steps Down (The Source, LAT)
Beverly Hills Keeps Bike Lanes A Possibility For Santa Monica Blvd (Better Bike)
Meet LA City Planner Tom Rothmann and Re:code L.A. (CityLab)
More On Yesterday’s CA High Speed Rail Groundbreaking (NextCity, The Source, CityLab, LAT)
Why CAHSR Is A Big Deal (Salon)
Metrolink Trains Collide With Peds In Orange and Palmdale (LAT)
Carnage: Torrance Car Crash Kills Two (LAT)
Infographic: More Car Collisions in L.A. When It Rains (Curbed)
Nat’l Public Works Assn Honors New Maryland Ave. Park in South Glendale (Glendale NP)
Steve Lopez: There Is A Whole Lot of Traffic In L.A. (LAT)

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