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8:38 AM PDT on May 19, 2020

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All these people working from home could potentially spread gentrification pressures everywhere (RedFin, Bloomberg)
How San Francisco is dealing with the coronavirus: transit updates and more (Curbed)
Cities are freeing up space from cars (The Guardian)
Will coronavirus response kill car-free culture? (Grist)
Uber cuts 3,000 more jobs (SF Chronicle)
The post-coronavirus future of L.A. (LA Magazine)
AV technology is not ready (NY Times)
Stop driving even just a little bit over the speed limit (Outside)
San Francisco sanctions a tent city (Curbed)
America's cities could house everyone, if they choose to (New York Times)
How the pandemic is disrupting the usual food supply flows (PPIC)

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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