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Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM PDT on August 30, 2018

    • More on California clean electricity goals (Utility Dive)
    • BART housing bill heads to governor (SFgate)
    • A look at TRIP report: bad roads cost CA drivers lots of money (Construction Equipment)
    • Solvang seeks state grant for bike trail (Santa Maria Times)
    • Tulare County gets money to widen bridges, fix vehicle detection systems, repair highway pavement and drainage (Sun Gazette)
    • Some local journalists worth following for urban issues (Planetizen)
    • Here's an idea for advocates: give the mayor a bike (Independent)
    • How the Dutch created a casual biking culture (Vox)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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