Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
8:25 AM PDT on March 12, 2015
- New Metro CEO Expected To Be Announced 10am Today (LAT)
L.A. Observed Broke The News: It’s Phil Washington of Denver RTD - Car vs. Bike Crash Kills 13-Year-Old in Boyle Heights (La Opinion, CBS)
- LADOT Now Expects MyFigueroa To Break Ground January 2016 (Curbed)
- LADOT Testing Materials To Convert Buffers To Protected Bike Lanes (LADOT Bike Blog)
- Sen Kevin DeLeon Intros S.B.767 To Allow Metro Go At New Sales Tax (The Source)
- Exide Battery Recycling Plant Will Close (KPCC, LAT)
- Clever Mock Ad For Gentrified Arts District Homes (Craigslist)
- First Oxnard Metrolink Train Crash Injury Lawsuits Filed (LAT)
- Can Orange County Discover Walkability? (Planetizen)
- Editorial: Approve Vancouver Transit Tax Or, Shudder, Be Like L.A. (Vancvr Sun)
- Movie Industry Has Bike Lane Conflicts in NYC Too (SBNYC)
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