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8:54 AM PDT on September 23, 2016

    • Study finds helmets reduce head injuries; but does that mean just for cyclists? (TreeHugger)
    • Brisbane wants commercial development, lets San Francisco worry about housing (S.F. Chronicle)
    • SoCal air quality regulators want to raise vehicle registration fees to pay for smog reduction (LA Times)
    • 101 small things you can do for your city (Curbed)
    • Zoning changes in L.A. (Let's Go LA)
    • Preparing for autonomous vehicles (Medium)
    • Right-wing media blames bike racks for lack of Zika virus funding (Systemic Failure)

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Melanie Curry
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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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