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7:45 AM PDT on May 11, 2018

    • There is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What's it gonna take, people? (Business Insider)
    • All for the free bananas: thousands ride on Bike to Work Day (SFgate)
    • San Rafael pilots a protected bike path (Marin Independent Journal)
    • Rising costs threaten San Rafael's multiuse path (Marin Independent Journal)
    • In SF, a plan to increase pedestrian crossing time at signals for safety (SF Chronicle)
    • Completion of downtown Berkeley BART plaza delayed (Berkeleyside)
    • Colorado passes law allowing local rules on bikes at stop signs (Coloradoan)
    • San Diego, Chula Vista among cities picked by Feds as testing ground for autonomous drone deliveries (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • Multimodal transportation can work in suburban and rural settings (MobilityLab)
    • Clean car and fuel economy standards under attack; what next? (NRDC)
    • How two transit agency decisions pushed the NY subway into crisis, with amazing graphics (NY Times)
    • Cities are using small reminders to change behavior, and it's paying off (Fast Company)

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Melanie Curry

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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