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The end of "car free Market Street," LA's Vision Zero Flop, More Freeway Miles, Less Oil and Teslas and more...

By Damien Newton

8:22 AM PDT on April 17, 2025

Lyft and Uber Want on Market Street too (KRON4)
The Five Buses that Will Stop Running Down Market Street (SFGate, CBSNews)
More on LA’s Vision Zero Flop (Daily News)
I-5 Widening in OC Is Completed (OC Register)
South Pasadena Wants Citizens to Have Better Bike Locks (South Pasadean)
Sausalito to Fund Repaving, Repairs? (MarinIJ)
NorCal Oil Refinery Shuts Down (Union-Trib)
30% of Incarcerated in Sacramento Are Homeless (SacBee)
Prop 36 Not Getting People Into Rehab (Merc-News)
LA County Supervisor Proposes Water Taxis for Olympics (LB Post)
What Parks Are Free in California for National Park Week (FresnoBee)
Tesla Sales Slump Continues in CA (Merc-News)
Why Are Drivers Killing So Many Pedestrians? (Governing)

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