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8:36 AM PDT on June 11, 2018

    • Scooters aren't an urban scourge, they're a solution (LA Times)
      • But they do yell at people who try to steal them (Guardian)
    • Homes being relinquished by Caltrans in path of abandoned 710 freeway project can be bought by tenants (Pasadena Star News, Mercury News, CBS)
    • CA high speed rail has created 2,000 construction jobs (Construction Dive)
    • “Great Redwood Trail” wins Senate approval but needs funding (Press Democrat)
    • LA Metro plans train through Sepulveda Pass for '28 Olympics (Breitbart)
    • Uber is trying to horn in on Lyft's bid to buy bike-share operator Motivate (Axios)

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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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