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California is short-changing climate-friendly mobility; Santa Cruz Transit looks to expand; Welcome to the year of the e-bike; More

By Melanie Curry

8:34 AM PDT on October 5, 2023

California is short-changing climate-friendly mobility (NRDC)
Santa Cruz Transit looks to expand (Planetizen)
A young BART intern writes reports on station accessibility for blind and low-vision folks (BART)
Welcome to the year of the e-bike (Forbes)
E-bikes are big in Germany, and growing in the U.S. (Bicycling)
One solution to the housing crisis: Shrink roads (Fast Company)
Berkeley's patchwork regulations and state regulations complicate ADU rules (Mercury News)

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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