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9:00 AM PST on December 12, 2016

    • S.F. blames Uber, Lyft for traffic congestion (Examiner)
    • Sacramento ponders a development fee to counter traffic congestion (Sacramento Bee)
    • California Transportation Commission allocates funding for highways, maintenance, active transportation (The Pine Tree)
    • History and construction of the Oakland Bay Bridge: New online exhibit opens, lots of photos (Google Arts&Culture)
    • Cap and trade program updates (Safe Routes to Schools California)
    • Toronto, for one, is suffering an epidemic of pedestrian crashes (The Star)
      • Most of them outside the city's safety plan (The Star)
      • Nevertheless “experts” say crashes are the fault of pedestrians (Bakersfield Now)
    • Oakland fire leads to crackdown, evictions throughout the country (New York Times)
    • New housing bill proposal tells cities: build housing or the state will force you to (Curbed SF)
    • Madrid gives itself a Christmas present: a car-free city center (City Lab)

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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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