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9:09 AM PDT on April 20, 2015

    • Jarrett Walker of Human Transit talks about what makes San Francisco’s new transit map so great (Human Transit)
    • More about Caltrans' new Strategic Management Plan (SCV News)
    • Systemic Failure says even the current wording of the bike helmet bill needs work (Systemic Failure)
    • Monterey-Salinas Transit wins award, considers service cuts (The Californian)
    • A World's Fair, with a transit theme, coming to L.A.? (CityLab)
    • More about Vision Zero Network (Examiner)
    • In Tampa, black people on bikes get way more tickets from police than other riders (Tampa Bay Times)  (Washington Post)
    • Ooh! The “shady transportation industry in California” stars in True Detective's upcoming season (Bustle)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
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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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