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By Joe Linton

8:21 AM PDT on June 18, 2019

Pedestrian Deaths Are Increasing (PBS News Hour YouTube)
…36,750 Traffic Deaths Nationwide: Bike And Ped Deaths Up (Biking in L.A.)
Urbanize On Plans For Nordhoff/Roscoe Metro Bus Rapid Transit Line
CiclaValley Rounds Up SFV Transportation News
Two DTLA Expo Stations Closing For A Couple Months (Curbed)
City Council Approves Controversial Expo Park Mixed-Use Development (Urbanize)
DTLA Drivers Crash Onto Sidewalk, Send Three People To Hospital (CBS)
Easier Now To Buy TAP Cards At Grocery Stores (Daily Breeze)
More On Koretz E-Scooter Criticisms (NBC)
Redditor Says LAPD Ticketing E-Scooter Sidewalk Riding
Daily News Remembers What L.A. Rail Looked Like in 1911

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