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Today’s Headlines

8:13 AM PDT on March 22, 2017

    • Silicon Valley has a plan for a “stress-free” bike network (NextCity)
    • Ventura gets funding for active transportation projects (VC Star)
    • Pasadena creates a street design guide focused on moving people, not cars (Pasadena Now)
    • Governor Brown, in D.C., is “cautiously optimistic” about Caltrain funding (Sacramento Bee)
    • Should bicyclists “pay their own way”? (Planetizen)
    • The helmet debate: Forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare doesn't make biking safer (Guardian)
    • How bike-share is changing American cities (Curbed)
    • Research shows that transit improvements can lead to gentrification, displacement (UCLA Magazine)
    • How human-driverless car interactions could change our cityscapes, traffic rules (Scientific American)
    • Acknowledging the privilege of being able to call yourself a “nerd” (Transport Oakland)
    • Trump lays plans to gut Obama's “stupid” clean power plan (NY Times)
    • Video: A peek at the new ferries plying San Francisco Bay (SF Examiner/You Tube)

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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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