Today’s Headlines

• LADOT Shared Photo Of Under Construction 7th Street Curb-Protected Bikeway (Twitter)
• Time To Stand With Low-Income Street Vendors and Support S.B. 972 (L.A. Taco)...LAist Explains S.B. 972
• Metro Planning Bus-Only Lanes On Sepulveda In San Fernando Valley (@numble Twitter)
• Street Racing Crashes, Deaths Are Rising (Daily News)
• Sierra Madre Removed Bike Lane To Add Parking (Biking in L.A.)
• Traffic Deaths Are At A 20-Year High. What Makes Roads Unsafe? (NPR)
• Carnage: Ex-CHP Officer, Who Killed Pedestrian While Speeding To Work, Faces Charges (LB Post)
• Thieves Steal Prius Catalytic Converters (LAT)
• LAT Editorial Gets Whiny About NYC Congestion Pricing
• KTLA5 Gets Whiny About NY State "Ending Speeding"

Calendar extra:  Thursday 9/7 - L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Griffith Park Advisory Board, the Hollywood United Neighborhood Council, and the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council are hosting a Griffith Park Safety and Mobility Improvements Open House. The in-person event will be tonight from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Friendship Auditorium at 3201 Riverside Drive in Los Feliz. There will be a presentation on the latest work in the ongoing study, with a viewing of presentation boards, plus questions and answers. Details at Raman Twitter. Go to event webpage to RSVP.

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