Today’s Headlines
SBLA will not be publishing Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - back Tuesday morning.
By
Joe Linton
9:38 AM PST on January 15, 2016

- Metro: Both Azusa Gold Line Stations Will Open March 5 (SGV Tribune, The Source)
- More On Yesterday’s New Hope Street Parklet In Downtown L.A. (LADOT Bike Blog, DTLA Rising)
- LACBC Explainer Justifying A 10% Bike-Ped Set-Aside In Measure R2.1
…Latest Move L.A. “Straw Man” Shows A 5% Local Bike-Ped Set-Aside - Traffic Already Lining Up To Be Late To Rams Opening Game (The Onion)
- Concern Over Attack On Sikh Metro Bus Driver (LAT)
- Get Healthier By Riding Transit (Footnotes)
- Carnage: One Killed In West Covina Car Crash East (Pasadena Star-News)
- Burbank and CA High Speed Rail Announce Station Funding Agreement (SCV Signal)
…Burbank Receives $800K To Begin Planning High Speed Rail Station (LAT) - Congressmembers Step In Against Boyle Height Keiro Sale (KPCC)
- Uber Pays $6.7M Fine To Avoid Service Disruption In CA (KPCC)
- Help With Safety Study: Where Are L.A.’s Peak-Hour Parking Restrictions? (SBLA Tumblr)
SBLA will not be publishing Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – back Tuesday morning.
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