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9:10 AM PDT on May 22, 2017

    • Pondering Bike to Work Day (Restless Urbanist)
    • Caltrans News flash: Director Malcolm Dougherty on what Caltrans is doing for bikes
    • We aren't lazy. So why aren't more of us biking to work? (SLO Tribune)
    • Nevada County puts out draft Regional Transportation Plan (YubaNet.com)
    • Lake Tahoe bike trails getting spring makeover (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
    • New Yucca Loma bridge opens to people—and pets—before cars (VV Daily Press)
      • ...but the bridge worries Apple Valley residents, as it will bring in more traffic (VVDaily Press)
    • Is Open Streets a glimpse into Watsonville's bike-friendly future? (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
    • Sacramento Bee feels the need to explain its Sunday Streets event
    • Does cap-and-trade need a 2/3 vote? (LA Times)
    • Asm Melendez's claim that SB1 “diverts” transportation money is wrong (Politifact)
    • Self-driving cars will make—er, are making—congestion worse (Vox)
    • Those ceramic dots marking freeway lane lines are going to be phased out (OC Register)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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