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8:31 AM PDT on August 24, 2022

    • Climate change will require political and economic systems change, one way or the other (IPCC)
    • The current heatwave in China will affect us all - and it's just a start (Fortune)
    • HSR approves EIR; what's next? (Mass Transit)
    • Guys, guys! High-speed rail could really happen! (Greenbiz)
    • Carlsbad declares emergency over bike crashes (CBS8)
    • Surge in vehicle crashes is disproportionately affecting low-income and Black people (NY Times)
    • Can LA make itself more bike and pedestrian friendly? (KCRW)
    • Ventura County to institute free transit for youth (KCLU)
    • Take a ride on Metro's new K line (ABC)
    • Profile: Darwin Moosavi, who guided CAPTI into existence (Mass Transit)
    • It's not environmental laws that hold back infrastructure (Motherboard)
    • Toyota drops fight against California's emissions standards (LA Times)
    • This clean energy power line could save California (LA Times)
    • Nigeria moves to benefit from US carbon trading market (Vanguard)
    • Catalonia to test technology that lowers speed limits when bikes are using the road (The Mayor)
    • Things people blamed on bicycles (Esquire)

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Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

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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