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8:28 AM PDT on July 6, 2021

    • LA Times discovers battery-powered trains (but mentions it might not work for HSR)
    • Court blocks sale of Caltrans property in South Pasadena (Pasadena Now)
    • DeSaulnier on the federal transportation bill (Mercury News)
    • Caltrans' road building creates funding streams, but doesn't solve congestion (Davis Vanguard)
    • Union City's controversial East-West Connector gets help from the state (Mercury News)
    • State will fund more rebates for electric vehicles, but questions remain (SF Chronicle)
    • Cities across Europe address gender divide in transportation (Bloomberg)
    • COVID has not gone away (LA Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
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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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