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8:26 AM PDT on May 29, 2018

    • Uber crash refutes claim that self-driving cars are safe just because they eliminate human error (City Lab)
    • Santa Barbara awarded $15 million for bike path (Edhat)
    • Good transit access definitely lowers transportation costs (CityLab)
    • But efforts to build near transit threaten to price out those most dependent on it (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • More great news for clean transit (Union of Concerned Scientists)
    • CA will need much more EV charging availability (RTO Insider)
    • Elections have consequences: Updates for voters who care about sustainable transportation (Green Caltrain)
    • Federal EPA used disavowed research to justify allowing polluting trucks (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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