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8:05 AM PDT on March 29, 2017

    • An easy way to fight traffic and boost transit: reward commuters who don't drive—by enforcing the law (LA Times)
      • And maybe copy companies in D.C. that offer bike-share as a perk (Washington Post)
    • Report: Bicycling creates jobs, cuts health-care costs in Minnesota (Star Tribune)
    • What California needs to hit housing and climate goals: denser housing, less driving (LA Times) (Mercury News)
    • States set climate priorities in face of Trump effort to derail policies (LA Times)
    • Researchers confirm: Waze is making traffic worse (SFist)
    • In search of the smartest city (CityLab)
    • Raising gas tax is necessary, but it is not a permanent solution to financing transportation (Governing)

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Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

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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