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    • Application deadline extended for ATP technical assistance (Safe Routes to Schools)
    • Claiming that widening a highway will reduce emissions, without data (City Observatory)
    • Berkeley planners call for more signs and paint as city grapples with spike in drivers hitting pedestrians and bicyclists (Berkeleyside)
    • Redding plans electric express bus service to Sacramento airport; may run diesel until it can work out infrastructure needs (Redding Searchlight)
    • Berkeley to study expanded ferry service (Berkeleyside)
    • Riverside County decides it doesn't need emergency call boxes anymore (Press Enterprise)
    • California Transportation Commission awards money to study Highway 1 bypass at Last Chance Grade (Lost Coast Outpost)
    • Oregon tries to make a highway widening look good for pedestrians (it isn't) (City Observatory)
    • The case against lawns is strong (Curbed)
    • Building Trades Council says don't drop high-speed rail (CALmatters)
    • BART says technology fixes will prevent future "meltdowns" like last Saturday's (SF Chronicle)

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