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8:38 AM PDT on April 12, 2022

    • The climate crisis will change your entire life (IPCC)
    • But that doesn't mean nothing can be done (Knowable)
    • Sierra Club: Newsom's gas tax rebate would stymie climate goals (CalMatters)
    • Claremont residents form coalition to fight for safer streets (Daily Bulletin)
    • Cops pull over a driverless vehicle - it wasn't easy (The Verge)
    • Japanese cities are built for toddler safety (Slate)
    • The future of streets (Eno)
    • Vision Zero at a crossroads (Bloomberg)
    • Pasadena DOT wants to join statewide mutual aid pact (Pasadena Now)
    • Searching for the remnants of rail in Cajon Pass (Daily Bulletin)
    • Tenant unions could help renters (Capital and Main)
    • Student newspaper at UC Berkeley nearly killed by apathy (SF Chronicle)

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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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