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8:33 AM PDT on September 5, 2019

    • The hidden environmental threat from Uber and Lyft: Who is responsible for investing in cleaner cars? (CALmatters)
    • Toronto is having a heated debate on banning text-walking (Narcity)
      • Maybe they should take a look at the stats: it's not much of a factor in pedestrian fatalities (NY Daily News)
    • Cycling rule #1: The pedestrian is always right (Outside)
    • Glendale street to get pedestrian-friendly design makeover (LA Times)
    • Oakland's grand plan for downtown (SocketSite)
    • Cargo bikes are better than vans for urban deliveries (Cyclist)
    • "Flight shaming" is scaring the airlines (Reuters)
    • Car Talk host hates cars: They are "ruining the fabric of our lives" (Jalopnik)

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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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