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8:32 AM PDT on March 21, 2019

    • Caltrans, local counties plan new 4-lane highway between Hollister and Gilroy to "ease strain" on commuting (San Benito)
    • Nevada County releases active transportation plan for comments (The Union)
    • Santa Rosa pedestrian fatality highlights bad street design (CBS Local)
    • Chinese electric buses are putting a dent in oil company profits (Bloomberg)
    • Sleeper issue for new mobility: Insurance (GreenBiz)
    • How "platooning" brings efficiency, safety to trucks (Wired)
    • Can Bay Area leadership help solve state housing crisis? (LA Times)
    • Sacramento building boom puts pressure on downtown streets (Sacramento Bee)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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