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8:46 AM PDT on March 27, 2019

    • Why L.A.'s ride-hail drivers went on strike (CityLab)
    • Congestion pricing in New York--and maybe San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
    • City of Commerce shows catastrophic impacts of--and solutions for-- climate change (The Nation)
    • Why dedicating public space for recreation is good for all (The CityFix)
    • The federal government is driving a national policy of sprawl (RouteFifty)
    • Ways to improve state DOTs (Governing)
    • Architecture sucks: Behind the glitzy, techno-urbanist facade of the Smart City lies the cold machinations of a police state (The Baffler)

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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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