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8:33 AM PDT on June 30, 2021

    • There is little justice for hit-and-run victims (Bicycling)
    • Climate change is pumping up the heat in the Northwest (Scientific American)
    • High speed rail is conspicuously absent from the budget about to be signed (Sacramento Bee)
    • Tehachapi welcomes latest HSR plans connecting Bakersfield and Palmdale (Bakersfield.com)
    • Two fatal bike crashes in San Diego area call attention to unsafe infrastructure (NBC)
    • Coaster train service to increase this fall (Mass Transit)
    • California allocates money for transportation, road projects:
      • $31m for new pavement, bridge, crossings, more in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo counties (Yahoo)
      • Rest areas, maintenance vehicle pullouts, truck climbing lane, more in Hesperia, Adelanto (Victor Valley Daily Press)
      • $22.7m to widen road approaching border with Mexico (10News)
      • $5m for road widenings in San Benito County (Benito Link)
    • Yes, USPS needs electric vehicles, but why cars? (Fast Company)
    • Plan for housing at Tejon Ranch is a mistake (Guardian)
    • What do we know about the infrastructure deal? (Transportation for America)

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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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