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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Why there's been a rash of hit-and-runs with cyclists and pedestrians

    A truck ran over a man on Tuesday night in Burbank, capping off a particularly deadly week for cyclists and pedestrians. In the last week, drivers killed four other people on the streets of South LA.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 18, 2018 • 1 min read

    A truck ran over a man on Tuesday night in Burbank, capping off a particularly deadly week for cyclists and pedestrians. In the last week, drivers killed four other people on the streets of South LA. Mayor Eric Garcetti says he wants to eliminate all traffic deaths by 2025, calling the plan Vision Zero. But since he unveiled that plan three years ago, pedestrian and cyclist deaths have soared.

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    Pop icon Grace Jones -- on and off the stage
    1. 0:00How much power does Sean Hannity have at the White House?
    2. 9:14Sen. Scott Wiener on housing crisis: 'Local control is not biblical'
    3. 18:06Bay Area's Hayward fault could cause a major disaster
    4. 25:21Why there's been a rash of hit-and-runs with cyclists and pedestriansYou’re reading this
    5. 32:54How Grace Jones became a powerful pop star
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