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8:40 AM PDT on September 17, 2021

    • Newsom signs bills allowing duplexes, quadplexes in single-family zones (Mercury News, SF Chronicle)
    • San Diego will scrap transportation/development guide to incorporate new state rules on VMT (Patch)
    • The U.S. is on the precipice of a transportation revolution (NRDC)
    • Except that the proposed e-bike tax credit was cut in half (Bicycle Retailer)
    • Wildlife crossing needed over Las Vegas high-speed rail - but btw, also over existing highway (LA Times)
    • Transportation pollution doesn't only come on wheels (EarthJustice)
    • Being a climate hawk in Congress has been a lonely job (Slate)
    • LA County to shut down urban oil fields (Capital and Main)
    • Chevron to invest a bit more on low-carbon fuels (Wall Street Journal)

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Melanie Curry

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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