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7:55 AM PDT on April 21, 2015

    • Ecofriendly ways to travel in L.A.--not sure how Uber counts--and bikes are only #4? (Daily News)
    • Now this is key legislation: a bill to allow “bike bus” passengers to drink alcohol while pedaling (Systemic Failure)
    • Everything you want to know about cap-and-trade now available in one place  (ILG)
    • More hints for Fresno on becoming a “nice downtown” (The Atlantic)
    • Police in SF say Uber driver deliberately ran over cyclist (SFGate)
    • The L.A. Times finally weighs in on the helmet bill (LAT)
    • New report from State Smart Transportation Initiative with data showing the obvious: that drivers going faster than 30 mph are more likely to ignore crosswalks  (SSTI)
    • More on bicycling while black in Florida (or anywhere) (Systemic Failure) (Vox)
    • Check out your town's "livability index" (AARP)

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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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