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Wednesday’s Headlines

8:17 AM PDT on June 7, 2023

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  • Researchers, advocates sound alarm on Yolo bypass highway widening (Davisite, Davis Enterprise)
  • Another jab to the heart: US transit systems have their credit ratings lowered (Bloomberg, Yahoo!)
  • Legislative update from CalBike
  • LA County will allow bikes on sidewalks (KTLA)
  • Make way for the bike bus (NY Times)
  • Conservatives should be strongly in support of bike lanes (The Hub)
  • Study: Bike riders wearing helmets, safety vests are perceived as "less than human" (Cycling Weekly)
  • Fresno has a $15M earmark in the state budget (CalMatters)
  • The rocky road to electric buses (Governing)
  • Aging gas vehicles are a significant source of pollution (Union of Concerned Scientists)

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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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