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    • The climate gap in the Eastern Coachella Valley is extreme (ProPublica)
    • Electric vehicles won't save us - but electric bicycles could (Propmodo)
    • Santa Monica plans a (temporary) car-free Main Street (City of Santa Monica)
    • A 3-D printed bike lane designed to hang under bridges? (Fast Company)
    • California farmworkers face extreme health risks from heat, fires - with little regulatory protection (Sacrament Bee)
    • It's a vague and confusing funding landscape for CA high speed rail (LA Times)
    • Self-driving cars are still a long, long way off (Jalopnik)
    • Did losing the commute make people more productive? (Chicago Booth Review)
    • MIT weighs in on Great Highway debate: Opening it back up to cars is a mistake (SF Examiner)
    • Feds plan to enforce higher fines on automakers who miss fuel efficiency targets (Reuters)

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