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8:29 AM PST on November 27, 2017

    • The U.S. has a much higher traffic fatality rate than anywhere else (New York Times)
    • L.A. drivers are killing pedestrians, and this needs to stop (LA Times)
    • Seven years after fatal crash, new stoplights are operating in Atherton (Almanac News)
    • Yes, it is dangerous to ride a bike in South Pasadena (Pasadena Star News)
    • A greenway in Chico gets state grant (News & Review)
    • Lincoln Blvd gets a bus-only lane (City of Santa Monica)
    • Red light cameras are worth a study (Californian)
    • Lyft gets green light to test self-driving cars in California (Digital Trends)
    • What would happen if gas tax were repealed? (KPCC)
    • More info on recent cap-and-trade auction (CBS)
    • Glaciers are melting faster than anticipated, which could drown every coastal city in the world (Grist)
    • Falling out of love with your city (Robert Weetman)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
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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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