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8:45 AM PDT on August 16, 2019

    • Renewable energy can generate billions in health benefits (The Verge)
    • Scooters are being redlined out of low-income neighborhoods (LA Times)
    • E-bikes make biking possible for more people, including seniors (Camas Post-Record)
    • UPS has been delivering via autonomous trucks between Phoenix and Tucson for months (Gizmodo)
    • This Oakland city planner has ideas about making public outreach meaningful (CityLab)
    • Governor Newsom talks housing in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
    • CTC awards money for repair of Richmond San Rafael Bridge; no mention of bike path (Marin Independent Journal)
    • Can California give up cars? (CALmatters)
    • The YIMBY group that's suing cities for not approving housing (NextCity)

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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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