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8:19 AM PDT on August 5, 2022

    • It's time for each one of us to declare a climate emergency and take action (The Guardian)
    • TV weather forecasters have been targeted for telling the truth (The Guardian)
    • Republican districts are getting the most in clean energy investments - especially CA Congressman Kevin McCarthy (Bloomberg)
    • The real roadblock to climate action is red tape (NY Sun)
    • Fake pro-climate group works to kill the federal climate bill (Heated)
    • Embracing "trauma-informed placemaking" (Bloomberg)
    • Palo Alto wants high-speed rail to be on elevated tracks through its city (TR&S)
    • Humboldt Transit Authority touts its coming hydrogen-powered buses (Mass Transit)
    • How to prepare children to ride transit alone (Driving)
    • BART's onboard ambassadors seem to be increasing onboard safety (The Crime Report)
    • But somebody got stabbed anyway (Mercury News)
    • Greyhound bus crashes on Highway 99 (Spectrum)
    • Jerry Brown's thoughts on the Inflation Reduction Act, climate, and a lot of other stuff (LA 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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