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8:13 AM PDT on April 22, 2020

Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Breathe!

    • Cities face a calamity (CityLab)
    • How the pandemic could reshape cities (LA Times)
    • Reduction in car crashes is saving state taxpayers big bucks (LA Times, California Globe)
    • Despite risks, more cities are pushing to reopen businesses (LA Times)
    • Maybe the people working from home will continue to do so after all this is over (Vox)

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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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