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8:48 AM PST on February 21, 2017

    • Oh yes they did: Feds delay Caltrain funding decision at behest of CA Republicans, putting entire project at risk (KPCC)  (SFGate)
      • And, as expected, the LA Times continues to conflate it with “the bullet train”
    • Asking bicyclists in Bicycle-Friendly Communities how safe they feel (Bike League)
    • Ride angry: The joys of bike rage (CityLab)
    • Bike Davis celebrates ten years of bike advocacy—only ten? (Davis Enterprise)
    • Where was the transit marketing while the Ortega highway was closed? (Transit Talking Points Inland Empire)
    • Let's not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it (City Commentary)
    • In Davis, an opportunity to hear pros and cons of cap-and-trade (Davis Press Enterprise)
    • Study: Low Carbon Fuel Standard has an important role to play in fighting climate change (Natural Resources Defense Council)
    • LA has the worst traffic congestion, finds unsurprising study—so much for all those freeways (ABC7)
    • CA Senator introduces bill calling for 100% clean energy (USA Today)

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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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