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8:37 AM PDT on September 23, 2020

    • Bay Area set to mandate large companies have 60% of their workforce telecommute, based on public feedback (Green Caltrain)
    • Governments that cut spending after the recession fared worse than those that increased it (Route Fifty)
    • In U.S. cities, people pay more - much more - for transit than for parking (City Commentary)
    • Drivers break the law to save time; bicyclists break the law to save lives (Forbes)
    • U.S. Labor Department proposes definition for independent contractors (Yahoo Finance)
    • Bicycles are in high demand and supply can't keep up - even tires, tubes, cables, etc are getting hard to find (Daily Bulletin)
    • Exercise is key to keeping sane and healthy right now (Capitol Weekly)
    • AirBnB pilots a data "portal" to help cities plan (CityLab)

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Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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