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8:50 AM PDT on March 12, 2020

    • How car-free streets can combat loneliness (US News)
    • Working towards standard e-bike regulation across states (Bicycle Retailer)
    • E.P.A. updates plans to limit science used in environmental rules (NY Times)
    • Let's fulfill the vision of high-speed rail (SF Chronicle)
    • San Jose, San Francisco explore tenant protections in face of coronavirus work cancellations (CityLab)
    • U.S. House of Reps readies an economic stimulus bill (LA Times)
    • L.A. public transit in the age of coronavirus (LAist)
    • National Bike Summit 2020 cancelled (League of American Bicyclists)
    • Traffic eases as tech workers stay home (NY Times)
    • Former engineer suggests "green roofs" to clean air over freeways, 'cause you can't stop building them (San Diego Reader)
    • Oregon governor skips walk-out Republicans, issues executive order on climate change (OPB)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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