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8:55 AM PST on February 23, 2018

    • CA Attorney General establishes Bureau of Environmental Justice (SF Chronicle)
    • Bill to allow drivers to choose their license photo--for a fee--could help pay for driver education in schools (Sacramento Bee)
    • Autonomous vehicles begin testing on San Diego area Marine Corps base (Marines)
    • Completely driverless cars may soon be approved for testing in California (SF Examiner)
    • LimeBike invades San Jose (Mercury News)
    • Stanford professor discusses potential U.S. climate policies (Stanford)
    • Fines for violating environmental laws fell sharply after Trump took office (Vox)
    • Housing costs are affecting business prospects in California (LA Times)
    • Cities fear a census undercount (New York 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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