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8:16 AM PST on January 12, 2017

    • Advice for Oakland's new DOT (Next City)
    • Uber's new website showing its traffic data “falls short of a commitment to transparency” (Washington Post)
    • New state senator wants solar mandate (Courthouse News)
    • Remember this: Oil companies push for a “well-designed” cap-and-trade program—but no other controls (Yahoo)
    • New state rules make it easier to build in-law units in L.A. (Curbed)
    • Game builders seek advice from transit planner Jarret Walker (Waypoint)
    • Transportation Secretary appointee wants to use private financing for public infrastructure (Washington Post)
    • Appointees to federal Transportation and Infrastructure Committee include California Reps Mark DeSaulnier (East County Today)  and Alan Lowenthal (Orange County Breeze)
    • The reason your city has no money (Strong Towns)

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Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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