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Why can't you ride a bike from Oakland to SF? CARB needs to reform its low carbon fuel standards; Robotaxi companies are lobbying hard, and it shows; More

8:45 AM PDT on August 24, 2023

two bike riders cross a bridge stretching over water, with buildings and a cloudy sunset in the background

The Bicycle Snake in Copenhagen. Photo: Momentum Mag

  • Why can't you ride a bike from Oakland to San Francisco? (SF Standard)
  • Here's some really great bicycle infrastructure - in other countries (Momentum Mag)
  • Federal grants for ZEV buses benefit Livermore-based bus maker (Independent News)
  • Robotaxi companies spent millions on lobbying state and local officials (SF Standard)
  • Newsom supports autonomous vehicle industry (Politico)
  • CARB needs to reform its fuel standards and stop giving money to inadequately clean fuels (NRDC)
  • Is a company buying up land near the Sacramento River so it can build a new city there? (SF Chronicle)

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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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