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By Melanie Curry

8:36 AM PDT on June 22, 2018

Data show that “distracted walking” is not the scourge some make it out to be (Curbed)
How sprawl makes walkable places more expensive (CNU Public Square)
Not enough housing means more traffic, not less (Mercury News)
Public transit ridership is declining in wealthy cities (The Economist)
PG&E, San Joaquin Transit collaborate on electric vehicle pilot program (Business Wire)
Cars don’t pay rent, but maybe they oughta (Transportist)
Learning and teaching about Mileage Based User Fees (Transport Topics)
Twenty things a city can do to improve public life (Curbed)
Homelessness: Don’t blame big tech—it’s all of us (Wired)
What Next Door can teach us about ourselves (Atlantic)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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