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8:10 AM PST on November 12, 2019

    • Congressmember Blumenthal calls for Uber, Lyft to share date on risky drivers, start fingerprinting (Washington Post)
    • The problem with one person on a national board having an outsize voice: Jumping on the "there oughtta be a bike helmet law" bandwagon (Autoblog, Hawaii Tribune, Davis Vanguard)
    • Golly gee! In Copenhagen, people use bikes for everything car drivers do here! (NY Times)
    • CA grants for affordable housing, bike and walk infrastructure (Patch)
    • CalEPA talks about how to reduce reliance on fossil fuels this week in Bakersfield (Bakersfield.com)
    • Build bike infrastructure now (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
    • How to reach U.S. net zero emissions: Decarbonize transportation (Forbes)
    • CA says San Diego is undermining state's climate plan (LA Times)
    • What self-driving cars can't see is a matter of life and death (Washington Post)
    • Barcelona models a city designed by women (Arch Daily)
    • Parking validation rewards driving--what if you don't? (Streets.mn)
    • What does transportation equity mean? (University of Toronto)

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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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