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8:45 AM PST on January 31, 2017

    • California's transportation funding package must prioritize public transit (Sacramento Bee)
    • Republican reps want money from repatriated taxes to pay for paving California roads (OC Breeze)
    • An ode to the 120 bypass in Manteca (Manteca Bulletin)
    • Helmets work. Helmet laws don't (Metro)
    • This tiny town has a high walking commute share—but few stores, services to walk to (Napa Valley Register)
    • Uber pays the price for scabbing during airport protests  (East Bay Times)
    • Sacramento asks marijuana businesses to pony up for neighborhood improvement (Sacramento Bee)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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