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8:42 AM PST on December 17, 2020

    • Transit is "in a death spiral" (LA Times)
    • Amtrak is struggling (CalMatters)
    • Scouts' community project: surveying bad pavement on bike boulevards (Bike East Bay)
    • Seattle's helmet law enforcement punishes homeless people (Systemic Failure)
    • Ways to address climate change and inequality (The City Fix)
    • Can cap-and-trade address environmental justice? (GreenBiz)
    • Best mobility solutions from seven cities (Eltis)
    • American families are evolving, but housing is not (Brookings, Smart Growth America)
    • Ten sustainable transportation trends of 2020 (GreenBiz)
    • FTA awards funds for planning housing at transit stations ($350,000 to BART) (Mass Transit)

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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