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8:39 AM PDT on August 31, 2015

    • LA City Council agrees to partner with Metro on bike-share (The Source)
    • Morro Bay names bike lanes in honor of local bike advocate Red Davis (San Luis Obispo Tribune)
    • Jerk columnist admits personal bike incompetence and, jealous of everyone having fun on bikes, wishes they would crash and die (Marin Independent Journal)
    • How California can cut petroleum use in half by 2030 (without rationing, fines, or forcing families to push the car home) (NRDC)
    • Self-driving car confused by bicyclist doing a track stand (End Gadget)
    • Public transit should be Uber's new best friend (FiveThirtyEight)
    • Study: Is bicycling contagious? (Transportationist)

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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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