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We know how to reduce pedestrian deaths, but will we do what it takes? CA allocates tons of money to roads; Bikes will save us! More

By Melanie Curry

8:37 AM PDT on October 23, 2023

The path to reducing pedestrian deaths is clear (New York Times)
CTC allocates $3.7 billion for road projects:
- Northern CA version (Redheaded Black Belt)
- Merced County version (GoldRush Cam)
Bike buses are a thing (Bike Portland)
Bikes will save us! (The Spinoff)
Walkability lessons from Europe (Planetizen)
Crosswalk coming to deadly San Jose intersection (San Jose Spotlight)
Palo Alto development to take advantage of no-parking-minimums law (Palo Alto Online)

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Melanie Curry

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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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