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8:06 AM PDT on August 28, 2018

    • Almost here: MyFig (LA Magazine)
    • This can't wait for long-term planning: cities connect an interim bikeway on Peninsula (Palo Alto Online)
    • BART gets federal grant for police patrols, security cameras, radio communications
    • The differences between roundabouts and traffic circles are not trivial (Getting Around Sac)
    • Turns out there's a lot of latent demand for scooters (Vox)
    • Your city may not be changing as fast as you think it is (Strong Towns)
    • Democratic candidates challenging Republican incumbents oppose the gas tax (Sacramento Bee, LA Times)
    • At least one poll says the gas tax repeal is failing (Probolsky Research)
    • Tejon Ranch want$ to build a brand new city at the far reaches of everything (LA Times)
    • Neighborhoods need more than parks and bike lanes (Inverse)
    • Who speaks up about housing development (RouteFifty)

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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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