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8:29 AM PDT on August 12, 2022

    • Fake climate group was a cover for GOP operatives out to prevent federal action (Heated)
    • CA transit agencies to receive $236 million to aid transition to zero emission vehicles (Green Car Congress)
    • L.A. has had it with speeders (LA Times)
    • He said it: Was Hyperloop just Elon Musk's attempt to undermine CA high-speed rail? (Jalopnik)
    • Heavy-duty truck group drops lawsuit on CA emissions standard (Reuters, Politico)
    • Landlords are spiking rents (LAist)

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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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