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More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:45 AM PDT on June 17, 2016

Crime on SF Muni drops, but not enough to meet goals (SF Examiner)
Youth-led bike repair shop opens in East Oakland (Mercury News)
Lawsuit filed against Riverside freeway expansion (Center for Biological Diversity)
Fresno is going to get BRT: the “Q” (ScienceBlog)
Sacramento needs to copy LA’s transit success (Sacramento Bee)
Too many lives are lost on US roads (AARP)
Details on Sacramento Railyards project (Sacramento Bee)
New York state sets greenhouse gas emission goal of zero by 2050 (Inside Climate News)
Poor people pay for parking even when they don’t have a car to park (Washington Post)
Five myths about gentrification (Washington Post)
LOL from The Onion: “There is beauty in decay,” says highway official in charge of nation’s infrastructure

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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