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By Joe Linton

8:57 AM PST on December 22, 2015

How much your commute costs society. Tweeted by @ryancroft

U.S. Army Corps Signs Off On Ambitious L.A. River Habitat Plan (KCET)
Summing Up Exide’s Criminal Lead Pollution Tragedy, Extended Vid (LAT)
Opinion: Cheap Oil’s Detrimental Impacts (LAT)
Pershing Square Park Re-Design Competition: Four Finalists Announced (Curbed, KPCC)
Photo Tour Of South L.A.’s Jordan Downs Housing (NationSwell)
Renderings Of DTLA’s Figueroa And Olympic Mixed-Use Oceanwide Plaza (Urbanize)
Carnage: One Person Killed In Multi-Vehicle Crash On 110 Freeway (Pasadena Star News)
…Advice For Driving In the Rain: “Slow Down” And “Drive Normal” (LAT)
No Leniency For Volkswagen’s Deadly Diesel Crimes (SBCA)
Metro: “politicians will ultimately have to choose between bus riders and motorists… from the beginning of time until the present… motorists have largely won that battle” (The Source)

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