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8:12 AM PST on November 8, 2016

    • Here's where you can track votes on transit measures today (The Transport Politic)
    • This bike lane can save your life (Bloomberg)
    • In case you missed it: Safe Routes to School National Partnership founder Deb Hubsmith wins posthumous "Excellence in Motion" award  (YouTube)
    • Density is at the center of San Diego climate fight (Next City)
    • HUD investigating Facebook practice allowing ethnic targeting on housing ads (ProPublica)
    • Researchers propose a tax credit for renters (City Observatory)

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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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