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8:33 AM PDT on October 21, 2015

    • Caltrans/CTC forum in Bay Area tomorrow: Transportation needs and how to fund them (Contra Costa Times)
    • Who's funding the so-called “moderate Democrats” in California (Sacramento Bee)
    • California shuts down 33 oilfield wells that are threatening the water supply (Bakersfield Now)
    • Oakland adopts roadmap to promote housing equity (Rooflines)
    • San Francisco's idea to let bicyclists treat stop signs as yield signs (NY Times)
    • How NIMBYs lower your paycheck (Vox)
    • Cards Against Urbanity is a big hit (Next City)
    • How the Complete Streets movement is changing our roads (Governing)

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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