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8:47 AM PST on November 15, 2017

    • Why fines for “distracted pedestrians” are a dumb idea (Globe and Mail)
    • Pedestrianizing is good; humanizing is better (CityMetric)
    • Sacramento is making itself more bike-friendly (Sacramento City Express)
    • Competition, pressure from feds and other states are driving CA DMV's driverless vehicle regulations (GovTech)
    • Natural gas industry is panicking and fear mongering in California (Clean Technica)
    • Senate tax plan would even eliminate the commuter cycling benefit (Bicycling)
    • Sea level rise is already affecting California coast (Capitol Weekly)
    • So Cal smog is getting worse (LA Times)
    • Using Google Streetview to map people (Places Journal)
    • How bike-share makes money on data (Sydney Morning Herald)
    • The costs of housing costs (Capitol Weekly)
    • YIMBYs are having an effect on housing policies (Mercury News)

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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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