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8:33 AM PDT on May 26, 2023

    • La Sombrita pile-on ignores an important story about women and transit (LA Times)
    • Bay Area leaders push their Assembly rep hard over transit funding (SF Standard)
    • BART rethinks its service schedule (NY Times)
    • Americans don't walk. Are we lazy or is it too dangerous? (Big Think)
    • "Too complex, not enough time": Democrats block Newsom's proposed CEQA reform (CalMatters)
    • Chevron's carbon offsets are worthless - and harmful (The Guardian)
    • Ford CEO: EV batteries are too big, not sustainable (The Verge)
    • NHTSA proposes a pass-fail pedestrian safety rating for vehicles (Route Fifty)

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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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