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9:18 AM PDT on May 15, 2015

    • Some BTWD  coverage: 100,000 biked in Bay Area (KRON) (ABC)
    • WalkScore also scores cities on bikeability: Minneapolis (#1) beats out San Francisco (#2); Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Santa Ana also in top 20. (Bicycle Retailer)
    • Study ranks cities according to job access by walking: San Francisco is #2, L.A is #3 in nation (Transportationist)
    • More about how drivers don't pay costs of roads (City Observatory)
    • AC Transit considers counterflow bus lane on Bay Bridge (SF Chronicle)
    • Race, class, and transit infrastructure in Los Angeles (KCET)

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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