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7:54 AM PDT on June 7, 2019

    • TV news in a tizzy because Emeryville's protected bike lane is preventing cars from parking in the bike lane (NBC)
    • Automakers push for a middle ground on fuel efficiency, to preserve profits (NY Times)
    • "Researcher" counts a lot of pedestrians on phones, concludes rise in crashes is their fault (Tampa Bay Times)
    • Dream on: Orange County freeway to be widened in hopes of "improved traffic flow" (PR Newswire)
    • Poll: Californians want to live near transit and jobs (LA Times)
    • Caltrain adds a few more seats to its proposed bike-car design, but not enough (SF Examiner)
    • BART crackdown on fare cheats leads to more ticket sales, fewer police calls (SF Chronicle)
    • A list of the environmental rules being attacked by Trump (NY Times)
    • Trumps phantom-fighting trade tariffs against Mexico would harm U.S., California (Sacramento Bee)

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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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