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9:41 AM PST on December 28, 2015

    • Experts say CHP failed to properly investigate crash that killed bicycle rider (Sacramento Bee)
    • New year brings new CA laws on driving (San Jose Mercury News)
    • CA still working on that transportation infrastructure funding problem (Capitol Weekly)
    • To stop pedestrian deaths, NY must change how it builds streets (CityLab)
    • States tweak the gas tax to avoid losing money (Governing)
    • Shrinking CTC budget means no state funding for Castroville pedestrian path (Monterey County Now)
    • Caltrans plans to widen freeway (Sacramento Bee)
    • Bologna, Italy, finds a way to connect civic pride with action (CityLab)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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