Today’s Headlines
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8:36 AM PST on January 15, 2016
- Charlie Gandy on the power of asking (Pedal Love)
- Could open data increase bike-share usage? (Shared-Use Mobility Center)
- Electric charging stations moving ahead in Southern California (NRDC Switchboard)
- Planning to begin on Burbank HSR station (KHTS)
- Assemblymember Allen introduces carpool bills (Voice of OC)
- Is Uber climate friendly? (Clean Technica)
- Video: Caltrans blows up a boulder (Sacramento Bee)
- U.K. Labour leader chided for coveting a bike; crowdfunders respond with way more than enough $$ to buy it (Cycling Weekly)
- Syrian refugees who cycled across border from Russia to Norway will be sent back (Guardian)
- Prominent Russian official accused of stealing a road (Washington Post)
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