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8:36 AM PDT on September 14, 2022

    • Maybe gas-powered cars did us all a favor (California Planning & Development Report)
    • Newsom signs bill targeting harassment in public spaces, on transit (Axios)
    • Ferry service is expensive to run (East Bay Times)
    • Yuba-Sutter transit launches 'top-to-bottom" study to improve service (Mass Transit)
    • BART standardizes schedules, improves connections (Patch)
    • San Diego transit to waive fares on Clean Air Day, October 5 (Intelligent Transport)
    • Ten transportation projects underway in Oakland (Oaklandside)
    • Potential freight railroad strike could force Metrolink to suspend service (Spectrum)
      • ... and Capitol Corridor too (Patch)
    • Four cities "putting pedestrians first" (BBC Travel)
    • The boom in bike-share during the pandemic crossed socioeconomic lines (Penn Today)
    • Figure out the right size bike for you (Bicycling)
    • The e-bike revolution is in trouble (Treehugger)
    • EV streets sweepers: coming to a city near you? (Electrek)

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Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

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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