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8:08 AM PDT on May 23, 2019

    • NACTO says: Hey, cities, don't just give up at the intersections--design your bikeways through them
    • S.F. intersection to get pedestrian scramble after death of pedestrian (Hoodline)
    • Yes, ride-hail is making traffic congestion worse (ABC)
    • SCAG to host meetings throughout Inland Empire: weigh in on transportation plans (Redlands Daily Facts)
    • Study: Climate crisis is even more polarizing than abortion (Grist)
    • Ensuring affordable transit amid new technologies (Pacific Standard)
    • Some public art in Northern California (Comstock)
    • Why public spaces are critical (Governing)
    • Why S.B. 50 failed: Revenge of the suburbs? (LA Times)

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Melanie Curry
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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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