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8:31 AM PDT on September 29, 2021

    • How the stop sign bill could make intersections safer - if Governor Newsom signs it *hint hint* (Press Democrat)
    • The six stages of bicycle enlightenment (Outside)
    • California extends road mileage tax pilot (PEW)
    • The federal DOT could shut down if infrastructure bill fails (Washington Post)
    • The "unstoppable appeal" of highway expansion (Bloomberg)
    • How California's law to diversity boardrooms is affecting corporate America (LA Times)
    • Worker shortage is contributing to pile up of container ships waiting at LA ports (CNBC)

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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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