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8:21 AM PDT on September 15, 2016

    • Nationwide, voters are being asked to approve an 'unprecedented' $2 billion in transportation sales taxes (East Bay Times)
    • Governor signs cap-and-trade expenditure bills (Capitol Public Radio)
    • Where cap-and-trade investments are making a difference (Next City)
    • BART bond won't address structural deficit (Systemic Failure)
    • Feds release conservation/solar development plan for CA desert (Bureau of Land Management)
    • Metro says forty percent of Expo line riders switched from solo driving (SCPR)
    • Charging toll is among remedies suggested for S.F.'s crookedest street (NBC)
    • San Diego gets federal grant for Mid-Coast Trolley (Fast Lane)
    • Podcast: True tales from Metro bus drivers (OffPeak)
    • Business groups, local government ask CA legislators to agree on transportation funding (LA Times)

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Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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