Today’s Headlines
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8:39 AM PDT on August 31, 2015
- LA City Council agrees to partner with Metro on bike-share (The Source)
- Morro Bay names bike lanes in honor of local bike advocate Red Davis (San Luis Obispo Tribune)
- Jerk columnist admits personal bike incompetence and, jealous of everyone having fun on bikes, wishes they would crash and die (Marin Independent Journal)
- How California can cut petroleum use in half by 2030 (without rationing, fines, or forcing families to push the car home) (NRDC)
- Self-driving car confused by bicyclist doing a track stand (End Gadget)
- Public transit should be Uber’s new best friend (FiveThirtyEight)
- Study: Is bicycling contagious? (Transportationist)
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