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8:50 AM PDT on May 6, 2022

    • Climate change clock is ticking (IPCC)
    • P.S. Recycling plastic is not a thing (Grist)
    • Santa Clara VTA ready to move forward on BART tunnel (Mercury News)
    • Yes, thanks: SF BRT is doing well (Planetizen)
    • Pondering road charges as a replacement for the gas tax (Capital Public Radio)
    • CA trade unions don't see displacement and pollution as too high a price to pay: jobs! (LA Times)
    • Getting the kids to school safely in Oakland isn't easy (Oaklandside)
    • Bay Area transit agencies are finally taking collaboration seriously (NextCity)
    • Bay Area transit agencies get grants from Caltrans (Bay Link)
    • To study ancient cities, look not to monuments; analyze the neighborhoods (Aeon)

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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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