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8:40 AM PDT on August 18, 2022

    • What the Inflation Reduction Act can do for local climate efforts (Governing)
    • One million square feet of L.A. roads are being covered with solar reflective paint (Fast Company)
    • LA Metro approves an ambassador program for transit safety (California Newswire)
    • In San Diego, transit ridership increasing (ABC)
    • Can your commute make you happy? (Grist)
    • When the American dream of the open road hits traffic, the fantasy feeds speed (New York Times)
    • Tracking the e-bikes abandoned by Bolt (Electrek)

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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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