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8:38 AM PDT on April 8, 2021

    • How to use Santa Monica's new protected intersection
    • Removing parking mandates can make our cities much better places to live (US PIRG)
    • Map app makers don't really believe in transit (Big Mood Energy)
    • Work from home might lead to more car travel, not less (Slate)
    • Arguments about infrastructure are hot air. Whatever it is, it needs investment (Vice)
    • Pro-housing policies: just panaceas? (Governing)
    • When Wall Street controls housing (Planetizen)
    • Universities' tax-free status hurts local communities (Time)
    • Most SUV buyers live in urban areas (Guardian)
    • Caltrans is fighting sea level rise (Atascadero News)
    • Google's plan for downtown San Jose site includes a bit for housing (KQED)
    • Oh, Tiger was SPEEDING, in a place where "it's easy to pick up speed." Well okay then (LA Times)

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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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