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Today’s Headlines

8:25 AM PDT on April 13, 2017

    • Sacramento police department doesn't know what jaywalking is (Systemic Failure)
    • Draft “Plan Bay Area” aims for sustainable, inclusive future (Greenbelt Alliance)
    • Transit agencies rarely hire women, minority contractors, and that's a big problem (Washington Post)
    • Talk radio host threatens a recall campaign against Senator who voted for the transportation bill (Sacramento Bee)
    • What Ventura County will get from the transportation bill (Ventura County Star)
    • Op-ed: Governor Brown “gets things done” (Marin Independent Journal)
    • West Oakland residents sue Port for pollution (Grist)
    • Public transportation is the heart of future city mobility (Cities Today)
    • It's cycle time in Big Bear (Big Bear Grizzly)
    • You can trade your car for a ebike at this shop (Fast Company)
    • Bike to Work Day is coming to the Bay Area on May 11 (Yahoo)

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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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