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By Joe Linton

8:52 AM PDT on May 21, 2018

City of L.A. Wants To Fund Metro Study Of Arts District Rail (Urbanize)
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Bicyclist In Compton (Biking in L.A., CBS)
BYD Electric Bus Company’s Rocky Politicized Road (LAT)
Metrolink Train Crashes Into Car On Tracks In Baldwin Park (SGV Tribune)
Safety Improvements Planned For Steep Baxter Street (LAT)
Open Streets Coming To Baldwin Park In September (SGV Tribune)
Supporters Step Up In Favor Of Koreatown Homeless Housing (Curbed)
Elon Musk Talks Tunneling At Town Hall (Curbed, LAT)
Yonah Freemark On Transit Ridership Declines (Transport Politic)

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