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8:28 AM PDT on May 5, 2022

    • Climate change: the clock is ticking (IPCC)
    • Extreme heat waves hit India, Pakistan (Guardian)
    • Oslo has a few solutions, such as climate budgeting (New Yorker)
    • Bakersfield schoolkids get a crosswalk after parents push for improvements (Bakersfield)
    • 3-mile bike trail proposed in Montclair (Daily Bulletin)
    • Adding bike lanes doesn't necessarily lead to car congestion (UCLA)
    • Influential groups urge Senate and Assembly leaders to release HSR bond funds (Yahoo!)
    • Forum on building California's future, and its future transportation (PPIC)
    • Bus driver shortage is hampering L.A.'s network redesign (Transit Center)
    • Driverless vehicles are hitting the streets (Route Fifty)
    • The warehouse industry is overwhelming the Inland Empire (LA Times)
    • California cities built thousands of new housing units, but it's a drop in the bucket (Sacramento Bee)

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Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

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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