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With Last-Minute Legislating, Roadway Safety Bill Finally Becomes Law

New Road Safety Law Stalled (Again) in the State House

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Accessibility

Cities and Feds Work on Accessibility Guidelines for Curbside Car-Charging Stations

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Cambridge Repeals All Minimum Car Parking Requirements for New Buildings

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Evidence Suggests That Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants Will Improve Street Safety

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Gov. Baker Sends Traffic Safety Bill Back to Legislators With Objections to Safer Speed Limits and Passing Rules

Sam Mintz is currently the editor of <a href="https://brookline.news/">Brookline.News</a>, a nonprofit news website covering the Town of Brookline. Before moving back to the Boston area in 2021, Sam spent five years in D.C. covering Congress and federal agencies for Politico and E&amp;E News.

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Bicycling

Legislature Approves Long-Stalled Traffic Safety Bill With Compromises on Bike Light Requirements

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Last-Minute Legislation Legalizes (Some) E-Bikes, Axes Low-Income Fares, and Throws More Cash At EVs

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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New Bill Would Create an Incentive to Go Car-Free in California

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We&#8217;re talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at <a href="mailto:gersh@streetsblog.org">gersh@streetsblog.org</a>

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The Infrastructure Bill: What’s In It For Us?