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Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM PDT on August 20, 2021

    • How much difference will a zoning bill make? (CalMatters)
    • Revisioning Crenshaw Boulevard (Metropolis Magazine)
    • Climate change is making us poorer (Bloomberg)
    • They thought they were working for sustainability, but they were doing the opposite (LA Times)
    • The benefits of playing chess in public (Arch Daily)
    • Mike's Bikes sold to owner of Santa Cruz and Cervelo (Bicycle Retailer)
    • Researchers working on interactions between pedestrians and self-driving vehicles (The Mayor)
    • City rats are getting bigger (Fast Company)

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Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

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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