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Happy Holidays from Streetsblog California

11:45 AM PST on December 23, 2015

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How much fun can you fit on one bike? Oakland, 2015: Bruce Maxwell hosts a party on his Pedal Buggy at Love Our Neighborhood Day. Photo by Melanie Curry/Streetsblog
Photo: Melanie Curry

Streetsblog California will be off for the holidays tomorrow and Friday. We wish you a safe and fun holiday celebration, and a happy new year full of good walks and fun bike rides.

On Monday December 28, SBCA will return to present nominations for the 2015 Streetsie awards, Los Angeles edition. Vote for your favorite livability leaders, from the elected, agency, business, media, and advocacy fields in the L.A. area; reader polls will be published December 28, 29, and 30, with voting extended through Tuesday, January 5.

Streetsblog California will announce our first-ever California-wide Streetsie Award winners the following week.

And remember: donate today to keep Streetsblog California's coverage of statewide transportation policy coming!

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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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