Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:10 AM PDT on May 5, 2016
- L.A. Approves Finishing Contested Partially-Built Hollywood Target Store (LAT)
- The Source Explains Metro’s Planned BRT For Vermont Avenue
- New Full Expo Line Schedule Posted (Metro)
- Carnage: Lincoln Heights Salmon Cyclists Killed In Car Crash (Biking in L.A.)
- Car Crashes Into Whittier Home, Pins Child (LAT)
- Pity the Poor Driver Parking In L.A. (Playboy)
- L.A. Wants To Find Overnight Parking For People Living In Their Cars (LAist)
- Development Community Benefit Agreements Not Working (Lisa Schweitzer)
- Flying Pigeon Questions the Need For An L.A. Bike Month
- State Park Bond Prop 84 Spending Did Not Prioritize Urban Areas (UCLA Environment & Sustainability)
- Copenhagen Avoided Freeways, Retained Its Character, Became Best Bike City (Guardian)
- Irish Airline Head: Cyclists Should Be “Taken Out And Shot” (Irish Times)
- More Musings On Jane Jacobs’ Birthday (UCLA CHA, Curbed)
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