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9:15 AM PST on December 29, 2017

Bakersfield had its “deadliest year ever” for pedestrians, but instead of doing something about that, police are cracking down on “jaywalkers” (23 ABC News)
Coachella eyes cap-and-trade funds for transit village (Desert Sun)
More about Bakersfield and high speed rail (Capitol Weekly)
California's climate change scoping plan (Triple Pundit)
Upcoming transportation issues in San Bernardino County (Daily Bulletin)
The health benefits of urban cycling (Momentum Magazine)

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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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