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By
Joe Linton
9:54 AM PDT on July 6, 2015
- Daily News: Shorting Housing Construction Is No Way to Fight the Drought
- Two LAPD Bike Cops Injured After Brakes Fail on a Steep Downhill (Biking in L.A.)
- Daily News: David Ryu, Keep That Outsider Spirit!
- Editorial Cartoon: Don’t Dismiss Bullet Train Opponents as NIMBY’S (LAT)
- Caltrans’ Short Answers About Protected Bike Lane Standards (LADOT Bike Blog)
- 90-Year Old Woman Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver While Crossing Street (Daily News)
- PLUM Committee on LA Council Pushes Plan to Bring Back Digital Billboards (Daily News via Curbed)
- Metro’s New Website Celebrating 25 Years Of Metro Rail (Metro25)
- LAPD Re-Training Officers in De-Escalation (KPCC)
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