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8:48 AM PST on January 6, 2017

    • Fresno's formula for downtown revitalization (Route Fifty)
    • The city is the best gym (NY Times)
    • L.A. gets new federal funding for transit (Fast Lane)  (LA Times)
    • Federal infrastructure investments can make cities poorer (Strong Towns)
    • Scientists say climate change could be much worse than predicted (Washington Post)
    • The fallacies in the hypothesis that ride-share will cut congestion (City Commentary)
    • Cool subway system mini maps (Fast Company)
    • Immigrants used to be the most loyal bus riders—but not anymore (CityLab)
    • Santa Cruz supplies affordable housing for artists (KQED)
    • Madrid mayor plans to ban cars permanently from its main street  (CityLab)

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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