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8:14 AM PDT on July 2, 2015

    • More Intercity Rail Capital Program grants: San Joaquin RTD gets money for BRT (Caravan News)
    • New joint powers authority will run San Joaquin, Pacific Surfliner trains in CA (Merced Sun Star)  (Progressive Railroading)
    • Why is it so complicated for seniors and children to buy discount BART tickets? (Systemic Failure)
    • What makes a great bus driver? Winners of the International Bus Roadeo weigh in (CityLab)
    • How to document dangerous street crossings (Streetfilms)
    • The case against jaywalking laws (Planetizen)
    • Reasons to adopt a per-mile driving fee (CityLab)
    • How exclusionary zoning is playing out in Lucas Valley in Marin (Brookings)
    • The global legacy of the rails-to-trails movement (CityLab)

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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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