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8:30 AM PDT on May 9, 2019

    • Newby bike commuter discovers the shocking benefits of biking (SFGate)
    • Caltrans HQ in Sacramento celebrates Bike to Work Month
    • Long Beach named one of top 50 bike-friendly cities (Longbeachize)
    • Another study shows Uber and Lyft contribute to San Francisco's congestion (Science)
    • San Mateo okays permit process for bike-share operator (San Mateo Daily News)
    • Pasadena names new transportation director (Pasadena Now)
    • Grants available for low-income Bay Area residents to exchange clunkers for EVs, transit passes (SFGate)
    • Cap-and-trade's forest offset program is not producing the ghg reductions it claims (UC Berkeley)
    • Border wall--or giant solar panel? (CityLab)

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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