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8:28 AM PDT on October 7, 2020

    • Does widening roads reduce emissions by allowing drivers to drive at more efficient speeds? No (The Conversation)
    • Unequal access to jobs and transportation reinforces other inequities (Urban Institute)
    • More telecommuting will not reduce emissions by itself (The Conversation)
    • EVs need lithium, and California has it (AltEnergy)
    • What it would take to get to 100% EV sales in California (Spectrum News)
    • The road to 100% EVs is steep, but the alternative is costly (SF Chronicle)
    • CA is just beginning to plan to make roads safer for wildlife (PEW)
    • What's at stake in the U.S. Census: funding for road repair, for one (LAist)
    • California needs to improve and sustain its disaster preparedness culture (CalMatters)
    • Evictions are on pause, but may renters still can't pay (Urban Institute)

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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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