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8:57 AM PDT on March 27, 2018

    • Sacramento to remove “smart” parking meters for protected bike lanes (Sacramento Bee)
    • Spinlister—peer-to-peer bike rental program—will shut down (Bicycle Retailer)
    • CTC aims to “facilitate traffic”:
      • At the Cholame “Y” in San Luis Obispo County (KSBY)
      • By widening 101 in Santa Barbara (Edhat)
      • In the Sacramento area (TTNews)
    • “Novel” idea to slap visibility beacons on bikes is unfortunately gaining traction (The Register)
    • Expect more autonomous vehicle crashes (PC)
    • The mistake with autonomous vehicles is trying to imitate human drivers, says engineer (Arizona State University)
    • Another software fail—Uber driver follows directions down a staircase (Business Insider)
    • Lyft launches geofencing in SF to cut down dropoffs in crowded areas (Smart Cities Dive)
    • Office towers—with some housing—planned for West Oakland BART station (Hoodline)
    • ICYMI: Redlining is very much alive still (Reveal)
    • Hoping Jordan Downs “revitalizes” the community (but for whom?) (Commercial Observer)
    • MTC seeks public comment on its public comment plan (Fox)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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