Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
8:17 AM PDT on August 5, 2019
- L.A. City Adopts VMT For Measuring Traffic Impacts (YouTube via DCP Facebook)
- Carnage: Reward Offered In Deadly North Hills Hit-and-Run (ABC7, Daily News)
…Pedestrian/E-Scooter Rider Hit, Killed By Driver In Fairfax N’hood (MyNewsLA, KTLA)
…Person Struck, Killed On Freeway In Alhambra (SGV Tribune) - The Source On Planned North Valley BRT, With New Video
- Caltrans North 710 Homes Facing Vacancies, Evictions (SGV Tribune)
- Downey Seeks Input On Pedestrian Master Plan (Downey Patriot)
- L.A. Stenciling Against Sidewalk E-Scooter Riding (LAist)
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