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’ Officially Embraces Complete Streets in All Projects
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"All transportation projects funded or overseen by Caltrans will provide comfortable, convenient, and connected complete streets facilities for people walking, biking, and taking transit or passenger rail unless an exception is documented and approved."
What California Could Get from the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
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Lots for highways, but some for other good stuff - details pending.
Can’t California Find a Better Way to Get to Vegas?
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A 20-mile backup into Nevada most weekends translates to: California needs to widen that highway. That's a habit we need to break.
SANDAG’s Draft 2021 Transpo Plan Has a Lot to Like – and Some Questionable Plans for Funding
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The Draft Regional Transportation Plan proposes no expansions of highway right-of-way at all, and includes robust transit upgrades and some active transportation projects
California Active Transportation Symposium: Information, Inspiration, Advice
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The California Active Transportation Resource Center hosted its second symposium this week "to strengthen our work and make it better"
Business Lobbyists Ask Governor to Set Aside Worker Protections, Clean Air Rules
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Cargo backup in SoCal ports taken as an excuse to push anti-regulation agenda
LA City Council Moves to Implement New State Laws on Speed Limits, Bus Lane Enforcement, Slow Streets
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Councilmembers Bonin, Krekorian, and Koretz get things started after Newsom signs bills into law
Is the CA Transportation Commission Slow-Walking Climate Action on Transportation Investments?
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A letter from advocates expresses concern that CTC may be trying to sidestep recommended actions from a state plan to reduce climate effects from transportation.
CA Transpo Commission: Let’s Ask Again for $2B for Active Transportation
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Budget surplus has placed $$ in many eyes
Newsom’s Deeply Disappointing Vetoes of Traffic Safety Bills
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The governor relied on flawed safety data to argue that bike stop sign and "jaywalking" bills would somehow decrease safety, while data shows the opposite
Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Cities Greater Control of Speed Limits and Bus Lane/Stop Enforcement
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But he also vetoes legislation legalizing "Idaho Stops" and banning "jaywalking" laws.
Op-Ed: No, Dan Walters, A.B. 43 Would Not Allow “Speed Traps”
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And the 85th percentile rule is anything BUT scientific