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Plastics are environmentally harmful and growing; Police chases kill hundreds of bystanders; Electric truck charging hub opens in SoCal; More

8:28 AM PST on February 28, 2024

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  • Transit activists keep adding bus stop benches where needed (Oaklandside)
  • Plastics are bad for us, but the industry doesn't care (Heated)
  • Police chases kill hundreds of bystanders (SF Chronicle)
  • Electric truck charging hub opens at SoCal ports (Electrek)
  • Location of Healdsburg SMART station looking more settled (NorCal Public Media)
  • E-bike incentives work (The Conversation)
  • Stop giving tax breaks to sports teams (Governing)

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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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