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8:16 AM PDT on August 20, 2018

    • Sacramento officer uses patrol vehicle to ram fleeing 16-year-old stopped for no bike light (ABC7)
    • Monterey County transit sees increase in ridership; repeal of gas tax threatens those gains (The Californian)
    • Science says: Biking is best (Bicycling)
    • Let the people walk to Dodger Stadium (Bloomberg)
    • Everything ends up on the sidewalk (CityLab)
    • Environment is top concern for Californian voters; how that could play our for Republicans (Courthouse News)
    • CA bill would aim energy sector towards 100% renewable sources (Grist)
    • Among CTC allocations: $71.5m for truck lanes in Riverside County (Press-Enterprise)
    • Mexico City commits to reducing traffic fatalities (Vision Zero Network)

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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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