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Today’s Headlines

8:36 AM PDT on August 31, 2022

    • Bill to end mandatory parking requirements near transit heads to Governor (The Center Square)
    • Bill requiring signals to give pedestrians a head start passes Legislature (Santa Monica Daily Press)
    • Last-minute bill to "save" Diablo Canyon nearly derailed by one phrase (Sacramento Bee)
    • In praise of the community bike shop (Momentum Magazine)
    • Against bollards on bike trails (Bike Sonoma)
    • Why do some people hate bicycle riders? (Guardian)
    • Do highways frustrate mobility? (Planetizen)
    • Caltrain, PG&E celebrate milestone on electrification project (Mass Transit)
    • Monterey transit agency invites public to offer input on design of Bus Rapid Transit paralleling Highway 1 (Mass Transit)
    • Yolobus to increase service, offers free transit through October (Mass Transit)
    • California Governor Newsom's strategies developed over time (CalMatters)
    • The story of building a skate park, despite rules (LA Times)
    • Newsom celebrates clearing of homeless encampments (Sacramento Bee)
    • ICYMI: Rich people give money to study climate change, but we need action (CP&DR)

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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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