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Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal, @currymel Melanie Curry
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.

Recent Posts

Caltrans Will Account for New Driving Produced by its Transportation Projects

By Melanie Curry | Nov 27, 2019 | No Comments
A "profound change" in how transportation impacts are accounted for is coming, in line with efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and driving and increase biking, walking, and transit trips

Walk SF Urges Public to Push for Strong Recommendations on Setting Speed Limits

By Melanie Curry | Nov 27, 2019 | No Comments
Zero Fatalities Task Force report due soon, but since it has been meeting in closed-door sessions it's anyone's guess what its recommendations will be
Fog did not deter riders--or walkers--who have waited many years to ride the Richmond San Rafael Bridge. Photo by Melanie Curry/ Streetsblog

Bike/Pedestrian Path on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Is Finally Open

By Melanie Curry | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments
"Who will ride it?" The several thousand people who showed up to cross the San Francisco Bay on the path's opening day answered that question pretty clearly
The Bay Area mode share in 2017 is embarrassing; the proposed shift for 2040 isn't even as dramatic as it could be. Image: ARUP

Invest in What Makes it Easy to Travel by Healthy, Active, Sustainable Modes

By Melanie Curry | Oct 25, 2019 | No Comments
Bay Area community organizations and consultants release road map for a future of clean sustainable transportation
California stands out for its "nonattainment" areas, as well as for the high number of monitoring stations. Image from Recent Increases in Air Pollution: Evidence and Implications for Mortality by Karen Clay and Nicholas Z. Muller

New Report Says Air Quality in U.S. – Especially in California – Is Getting Worse

By Melanie Curry | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments
Researchers found evidence that increased use of natural gas and vehicle fuels are contributing to worsening air quality. Wildfires are a factor, but don't fully explain the increase.
The area in question is the pink slice of Pacific Beach, outlined in black on this blurry map from the Coastal Commission's agenda.

Coastal Commission Accepts San Diego’s Zero-Parking Requirements for a Slice of Coastal Zone

By Melanie Curry | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments
Despite staff recommendation to "wait and see," Commission agrees with need to stop requiring minimum parking at new developments

Legislative Update: New Laws on Transportation Policy, Funding, Planning

By Melanie Curry | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments
Among the hundreds of new laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in the weeks leading up to Sunday's deadline were a few related to transportation.
California State Transportation Agency David Kim addresses the California Transportation Commission in Modesto on October 9. Image: Screengrab from CTC

No, CA Didn’t Bait and Switch Gas Tax Funds

By Melanie Curry | Oct 14, 2019 | No Comments
Sleepy State Interregional Transportation Plan Sparks Passionate Misunderstanding
Image: California Green Innovation Index, from Next10 and Beacon Economics

New Report: Californians Must Drive Less

By Melanie Curry | Oct 9, 2019 | No Comments
Even with all the policies on cleaner fuels, increases in driving are increasing emissions
Tamika Butler, left, when she was sworn in as CTC commissioner. CTC Executive Director Susan Bransen and Commissioner Hilary Norton are with her. Image: Susan Bransen via Twitter

New California Transportation Commissioners Sworn In

By Melanie Curry | Sep 26, 2019 | No Comments
Tamika Butler and Hilary Norton are a good response to A.B. 179, which called for better representation on the CTC
We've been here before: The Youth Climate Strike in San Francisco in March 2019. Image: Intothewoods7 via Wikimedia

Governor Orders Transportation Aligned with Climate, Appoints Tamika Butler and Hilary Norton to CTC

By Melanie Curry | Sep 20, 2019 | No Comments
California State Transportation Agency ordered to direct investments towards decreasing fuel consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Quick Legislative Update: Current Status of Some Transportation, Housing Bills

By Melanie Curry | Sep 13, 2019 | No Comments
Complete Streets, e-bikes, CEQA exemptions, housing development, tenant rights--there's a lot going on in Sacramento
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