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8:12 AM PDT on April 19, 2019

    • E-bikes can boost the well-being of older people (The Epoch Times)
    • Report: Improving transportation systems is good for riders' mental health (SmartCitiesDive)
    • Mountain View offers discounts on mid-day rides shared rides with Lyft, Uber to supplement its commute-hour services (Patch)
    • Why do Americans hate bikes? (Outside Online)
    • Can removing lanes on a busy street improve traffic? (Strong Towns)
    • Renovations come to I-10; traffic predicted to increase over time (Highland News)
    • Highway 395 to be widened "for safety" (Victor Valley Daily Press)
    • Anti-tax lawsuits hold up Highway 101 project in Marin-Sonoma (Marin Independent Journal)
    • The most common ride via ride-hail in Chicago is one mile long (Streetsblog Chicago)
    • Utility companies plan collaboration to build EV charging stations along I-5 from San Diego to Seattle (Capital Public Radio)
    • SB 50 opponents release an ugly ad campaign, using James Baldwin as a poster boy (SF Chronicle)
    • Study: Clean energy holds promise of a wide range of well-paid jobs (Route Fifty)
    • Libraries of things are great (Resilience)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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