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8:38 AM PDT on August 24, 2018

    • SF Transit chief promises to end Muni delays pronto (SF Chronicle)
    • Local cities object to bill allowing BART to develop housing on its parking lots (Independent News)
    • Meanwhile, zoning codes reinforce car dependency (Strong Towns)
    • The catch-22 of retrofitting suburbs (Strong Towns)
    • Creating a safer Valencia Street (Medium)
    • Single-use plastic straws may be outlawed in California (LA Times)

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Melanie Curry
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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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