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Friday Fun: Caltrans Blows Up a Boulder!

By Melanie Curry | Feb 6, 2015 | 2 Comments

A video released today by Caltrans shows a work crew blasting apart a boulder that threatened to fall onto Highway 101 near Crescent City. Who doesn’t want to watch rocks exploding? With all safety precautions in place, of course. Caltrans has been under pressure to change its bureaucratic, outdated culture since the 2013 creation of […]

Bay Area’s New “Vital Signs” Website Tracks Transportation Stats

By Melanie Curry | Feb 6, 2015 | 1 Comment

Data lovers can now nerd out on a new website that collects Bay Area transportation data and puts it into customizable maps and charts to play with. Vital Signs is part of an effort by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to make its performance measures and data more accessible to the public. It also lays the […]

CA Taking Applications for Cap-and-Trade Transit-Oriented Housing Funds

By Melanie Curry | Feb 3, 2015 | No Comments

[Update 2/11/15: the Oakland workshop is overbooked, but participants are invited to listen in via audiocast. At the time of the meeting (9:30 a.m. February 12), go to http://www.mtc.ca.gov/meetings/schedule/index.htm] [Update 2/4/15: the date of the workshop in Oakland was changed to Thursday, February 12; change is reflected below.] The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) […]

CA Active Transportation Program Funding Unchanged for Next Two Years

By Melanie Curry | Jan 26, 2015 | 2 Comments

Although Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed FY 2015 budget showed a decrease in the line item for the Active Transportation Program (ATP), Caltrans Budget Chief Steven Keck assured the California Transportation Commission at its meeting last week that the change was technical and the funding level would be the same as last year’s. Caltrans Director Malcolm […]

CA Adopts Guidelines for Cap-and-Trade Affordable Housing Program

By Melanie Curry | Jan 21, 2015 | 5 Comments

Yesterday the Strategic Growth Council adopted guidelines for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program and scheduled workshops for early February to provide technical assistance to potential applicants. California’s Strategic Growth Council is a state committee that coordinates a variety of activities by multiple state agencies, including efforts to improve air and water quality, […]

Transit and Intercity Rail Funding: Upcoming Workshops

By Melanie Curry | Jan 16, 2015 | No Comments

State agencies are seeking input on one more program that will receive funds from California’s cap-and-trade system. Guidelines for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program [PDF] were released in December. Two public workshops will be held next week to gather feedback, one in Los Angeles and one in Sacramento. The stated goals of the […]

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