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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What's behind the rise in cyclist and pedestrian deaths?

    Los Angeles has seen increases in traffic accidents, as well as cyclist and pedestrian deaths. Police are giving out fewer speeding tickets. That’s despite the mayor’s Vision Zero initiative to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2025.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 3, 2017 • 1 min read

    Los Angeles has seen increases in traffic accidents, as well as cyclist and pedestrian deaths. Police are giving out fewer speeding tickets. That’s despite the mayor’s Vision Zero initiative to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2025.

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    Why are traffic deaths on the rise in LA?
    1. 0:00What's behind the rise in cyclist and pedestrian deaths?You’re reading this
    2. 9:21California Congressman Kevin McCarthy's report card
    3. 17:06Fox News faces more allegations of sexual harassment
    4. 27:29Breaking away from ultra-Orthodox Judaism
    5. 41:39Should 'Latinx' replace 'Latino' and 'Latina?'
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Seleta Reynolds

      Los Angeles Department of Transportation

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      UCLA's Lewis Center and the Institute of Transportation Studies

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Why are traffic deaths on the rise in LA?
    1. 0:00What's behind the rise in cyclist and pedestrian deaths?You’re reading this
    2. 9:21California Congressman Kevin McCarthy's report card
    3. 17:06Fox News faces more allegations of sexual harassment
    4. 27:29Breaking away from ultra-Orthodox Judaism
    5. 41:39Should 'Latinx' replace 'Latino' and 'Latina?'
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