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8:33 AM PST on February 7, 2023

    • A modest proposal: If Berkeley (or any city) is going to accept traffic deaths, they should say so (Matthew Lewis)
    • E-bike riders ride farther and more frequently, and replace more car trips (Treehugger)
    • Healdsburg anticipates ATP grant for bike improvements (not approved yet, Press Democrat)
    • Bill would allow universities to regulate scooters (NBC)
    • Lyft rolls out docks for its e-scooters (Bloomberg)
    • Newsom calls for federal investigation into natural gas prices (Sacramento Bee)
    • Inland Empire's warehouse boom increased jobs, but are they worth it? (LA Times)
    • Judge rules Oakland can clear out long-established encampment (KQED)

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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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