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8:12 AM PDT on April 7, 2016

    • Cash is no longer king: S.F. Muni plans to charge extra for cash-paying riders (SF Gate)
    • Innovative carpooling helps ease Bay Area congestion (San Jose Mercury News)
    • Oakland okays temporary moratorium on rent increases (SF Gate)
    • BART gives a preview of its new cars (SF Chronicle)
    • We don't need self-driving cars (Guardian)
    • Why race matters when planning public parks (CityLab)
    • Wisdom from a walker (Bus Chick)
    • Why advocates oppose amended Tennessee bill banning gas tax money for bike facilities (Times Free Press)
    • In Mexico City, the harsh consequences of car-centric planning leads to ban on driving (Think Progress)

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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