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8:47 AM PST on February 14, 2023

    • We were right not to trust oil companies' clean energy promises (LA Times)
    • Free public transit is also climate justice (LAist)
    • BART takes on homeless crisis (Mercury News)
    • Bill would require transit agencies to collect data on rider safety, harassment (Capital Public Radio)
    • Court blocks LA plan to chop down trees for sidewalk repair (Daily News)
    • A child's death prompts questions about e-bike safety (Washington Post)
    • Supporting local coffee shops, one bike ride at a time (Berkeleyside)
    • Angel Island to host California's first electric ferry (Cision)
    • Negotiations over "air rights" slow plans for housing at BART station (Berkeleyside)
    • Large solar facility in Kern extends onto air force base (Bakersfield.com)
    • Robotaxis practicing on CA public roads (Tech Crunch)
    • New bill would extend law that is helping bring more housing (Mercury News)
    • Universal basic income programs in California are helping more than 12,000 people (Cal Matters)

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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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