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8:32 AM PDT on May 26, 2020

There's still time to join our virtual walk- or bikeathon fundraiser--half of all proceeds will go to California food banks. Donate here. Share a pic, tag it #Walk4Streetsblog or #Bike4Streetsblog.

    • Is Uber just straight out killing Jump bikes? (Bike Share Museum)
    • Santa Barbara closes State Street to car traffic for roomier walking (Edhat)
    • Fullerton closes bike route to bikes to allow cafes to open (Fullerton Observer)
    • Legislators eye budget talks as an opportunity to reassert authority (KQED)
    • Stop claiming Los Angeles has no transit--it's not true, for one thing (Lisa Schweitzer)
    • History of San Francisco on its telephone poles (SF Chronicle)
    • Santa Monica's pedestrian mall's success (Curbed)

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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