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    • Neighborhoods that were redlined tend to have more pavement, fewer trees, and higher temperatures than better-off areas (National Geographic)
    • California built its highways for speed, so no surprise: drivers are speeding (CBS)
    • Sunnyvale wants a connected, safe bike network, too (Mercury News)
    • L.A. should build housing on its underused commercial corridors served by transit (CityWatch)
    • SCAG formally adopts long-range plan "Connect SoCal" (Patch)
    • Stanford report: Sea level rise is going to muck with car commutes (AJOT)
    • SMART to acquire, run freight operations (Marin Independent Journal)
    • Riding a bike while black remains dangerous (Mother Jones)
    • Californians are capable of conserving power when they need to - like under threat of a blackout (SF Chronicle)
    • LA Times' Vartabedian sounds the death knell for high-speed rail, again
    • California's current eviction protections, explained (CalMatters)

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