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8:44 AM PDT on June 27, 2022

    • Action on climate urgently needed now (IPCC)
    • CARB's climate scoping plan won't help (EDF)
    • Yet it is still attacked "from all sides" - including those who want to do much less (AP)
    • Governor, legislature hammer out a deal on tax relief for Californians (not just drivers, no gas tax suspension) (CalMatters)
    • Some people hate car-free cities - until they live in one (Wired)
    • San Luis Obispo celebrates its ranking as one of the best bicycling cities (San Luis Obispo.com)
    • Why it's so hard to convince people about transportation planning, projects (Route Fifty)
    • Santa Cruz considers a vacancy tax (Santa Cruz Local)

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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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