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8:58 AM PST on January 4, 2018

    • New CA bill would ban sales of fossil fuel vehicles...in 2040 (SF Examiner, SF Weekly)
    • BART fares just increased (SF Gate)
    • Scoot will expand its fleet of dockless e-bikes in San Francisco (Hoodline)
    • Redlands erects pedestrian barriers while it figures out how to fix crosswalk (Redlands Daily Facts)
    • Chico council greenlights bike pedestrian bridge (Chico News Review)
    • Valero oil refinery to pay a small fine for pollution violations (East Bay Times)
    • County approves funding package for “catalyst” housing in Richmond (Richmond Standard)
    • New legislation could increase housing near transit stations, including Expo line (LA Times)

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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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