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8:43 AM PDT on October 14, 2016

    • L.A. is slow to embrace bike-sharing (LA Times)
    • Eye candy: they're auctioning off Robin Williams' amazing kaleidoscope of bicycles for charity (Wall Street Journal)
    • Bay Bridge bike path finished, but not open (KCET)
    • Some local details on funding awards for affordable housing:
    • It's not just a philosophical question: Should self-driving cars prioritize pedestrians or drivers? (TreeHugger)
    • Sounds about right—a rich city that struggles with its taxi drivers: Beverly Hills wants a fleet of self-driving cars (LA Times)
    • CA Highway 99 is “deadliest in nation” and naturally the solution is to make it smoother, faster (Sacramento Bee)
    • Interview: Nate Hood on pedestrian safety (Strong Towns)
    • What Trump's troubles might mean for climate change legislation (CNBC)
    • D.C. Metro's ugly solution: Disinvest in poor black neighborhoods (CityLab)
    • Some travel demand management strategies (MikeOnTraffic)
    • Mapping the most interesting neighborhoods in the world (City Observatory)
    • The connections between housing and economic mobility (Legislative Analyst's Office)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

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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