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8:23 AM PDT on August 13, 2019

    • CA legislators return with a big to-do list (Sacramento Bee)
    • More about CA carbon emissions inventory (Courthouse News, SF Chronicle)
    • The California Public Utilities Commission oversees a huge range of businesses, utilities--but there's no comprehensive list (Capital Public Radio)
    • One problem with relying on electric cars to solve climate issues: mining lithium and copper for batteries is wrecking the environment (Bloomberg)
    • A list of San Francisco's ballot measures for November 2019--Ride-hail tax, others (SF Chronicle)
    • Oakland is on course to build more new housing units than San Francisco this year (SF Chronicle)
    • "Naked roads" are a thing in Australia (The West Australian)
    • Yes, Uber and Lyft add to traffic. So do all the other drivers (LAist)
    • Big map apps won't add railroad crossings to their maps (The Verge)
    • Is this funny or just sad? A "high-tech" e-bike warns you if a driver is in your blind spot (Fast Company)
    • This man recycles Nespresso pods into a stylish bike (Fast Company)

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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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