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By Joe Linton

9:01 AM PST on February 2, 2015

Flying Pigeon Takes A Look At L.A.’s Conflict Zones
Status Report One Year Into Metro Crenshaw-LAX Line Construction (The Source)
CicLAvia Prepping For March Event In the Valley (Ciclavalley)
Developer Palmer Seeks Private Pedestrian Bridge on Broadway (Downtown News)
Electric Bus Manufacturer BYD Profiled By LAT
How A 1937 Landslide Destroyed the Last Riverside-Figueroa Bridge (KCET)
Use Of Car As A Deadly Weapon (KTLA)
Very Handsome New Pedestrian Bridges (CityLab)
Seattle Walking-While-Black Arrest Incident: Pedestrian Using Golf Club As Cane (Washington Post)
Great Vintage Bicycle Advertisements (Momentum)
What Dan Savage Thinks Of Superbowl Car Commercials (@fakedansavage Twitter)
Walking Used To Just Be How Kids Got To School (CityLab)

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