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8:18 AM PST on November 17, 2021

    • LA County seeks to decriminalize bike violations (LA Times)
    • City data show shifting trends - up and down - in biking numbers (Government Technology)
    • Constant construction poses danger to pedestrians in San Jose (Patch)
    • Infrastructure bill is mostly for highway expansions (not even fix-it-first) (Governing)
    • Bay Area transit officials happy about infrastructure bill (SFGate)
    • But pension dispute puts transit funding on hold (SFist)
    • San Diego wipes out most parking requirements (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • Podcast: How freeways bulldoze California's communities of color (CalMatters)
    • How Exxon duped the New York Times (Heated)
    • Right after climate talks, Feds auction off drilling rights in Gulf of Mexico (AP)
    • CA okays plan to invest $1.4b in car chargers, refueling for EVs (Reuters)
    • Fresno and San Diego pursue transportation tax measures (Landline)
    • Desperate for solutions to terrible smog, New Delhi shuts down schools and power plants (AP)
    • Moscow transit riders use facial recognition to pay fares (NY Times)

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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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