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8:47 AM PDT on June 26, 2017

    • L.A. Metro approves funds for Gold Line extension (Construction Dive)
    • Cap-and-trade fight heats up, just like the climate (Sacramento Bee, LA Times)
    • U.S. rice farmers are earning carbon credits from cap-and-trade (Inside Climate New)
    • Cars are deadlier than guns (KPBS)
    • Meanwhile, car commuters in L.A. insist on their absolute right to wide, congestion-free commutes through beach cities they don't live in (LA Times)
    • Paying more for parking in Palo Alto is “absolutely outrageous” (Palo Alto Online)
    • New state rep delays swearing-in so he can vote on cap-and-trade (New Yorker)
    • CA bill would model electric car program on successful solar initiative (GTM)
    • Group files suit against Caltrans highway widening through redwoods (Biological Diversity)

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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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