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8:23 AM PDT on May 22, 2023

    • Governor Newsom proposes "sweeping changes" to CEQA (CalMatters)
    • Without CEQA, California would be much worse off (CalMatters)
    • "We can't cut our way out of this" - Individual transit agencies have to make their case (CalMatters)
    • Youth in the Inland Empire want to lead on climate issues (Daily Bulletin)
    • Some cities want people to keep using bikes (AP)
    • Cruise and Waymo are close to getting permission to run driverless taxis in San Francisco 24/7 (Tech Crunch)
    • Here's a bike with triangle wheels (Gizmodo)

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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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