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8:44 AM PST on December 30, 2020

    • California's coronavirus surge is the worst in the nation (SF Chronicle)
    • Energy and environmental policies of 2020 (Resources)
    • Carbon emissions from ride hailing appear to be even worse than previously believed (Futurity)
    • SF Muni developed an equity toolkit to help identify, fix gaps in service (Mass Transit)
    • Vallejo Transit Center set to expand (Bay Link)
    • The bike boom was "insane" in Napa Valley (Napa Valley Register)
    • No more cash tolls on Bay Area bridges (NBC)
    • Santa Rosa police using bait bikes, thinking they will solve bike theft (Press Democrat)
    • "Defund the police" is not just a slogan (SF Chronicle)
    • Wealthy California cities - hello, Newport Beach - are getting away with not building affordable housing (CalMatters)
    • GOP stalls Congressional move to increase relief checks (LA Times)

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Melanie Curry

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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