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8:34 AM PDT on April 30, 2019

    • L.A. Mayor proposes plan to phase out gas-fueled cars (LA Times)
    • SANDAG proposes rail expansion instead of highway project (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • Traffic pollution causes one fifth of new childhood asthma cases (Environmental Defense Fund)
    • Toronto adds bike stations, free shuttles, pedestrian tunnel, and reduces car trips to its airport (Consulting Canada)
    • Caltrans backs off on plan to raise Bay Area freeway overpasses after cities object (Bay City Beacon)
    • How seniors in California are rethinking their transportation (KPBS)
    • Report: Low-income communities should benefit from green economy (California Health Report)
    • When white homebuyers take over black neighborhoods (NY Times)
    • Flow chart explainer for housing bill SB 50 in current form (Curbed)
    • Muni director resigns (Curbed)
    • Bus rapid transit made a big difference for Mexico City residents (WBUR)

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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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