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Speaking with Steven Cliff, Caltrans’ New Sustainability Director

By Melanie Curry | Nov 20, 2014 | 3 Comments

As part of its ongoing work to expand its focus beyond just highways, California’s Department of Transportation, better known as Caltrans, recently created a new position — the Assistant Director of Sustainability. Steven Cliff, the new hire, will oversee the integration of one of the department’s newest goals: “Sustainability, Livability, and Economy.” Cliff comes from […]

No, Sacramento is NOT Seriously Considering a Bicycle License Law

By Melanie Curry | Nov 10, 2014 | 25 Comments

After a woman was hit by a bicyclist riding on a Sacramento sidewalk, she threatened the city with a lawsuit, and her attorney is pushing the city to pass one of the most restrictive bicycle licensing laws in the country. Last Thursday, an attorney for Sacramento Bee writer Hilary Abramson submitted a proposal for an ordinance […]

Replacing LOS: Experts Debate How CA Should Measure Transpo Impacts

By Melanie Curry | Nov 7, 2014 | 13 Comments

California planning experts continue to debate how to most effectively measure transportation impacts in a way that will foster smarter growth, after the state abandoned the car-centric metric known as Level of Service (LOS). The acronym-laden process of measuring transportation under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) may be complex and wonky, but it’s certainly important. In […]

CA Local Ballot Measure Results: Transportation and Land Use Propositions

By Melanie Curry | Nov 5, 2014 | 9 Comments

Below are the “semi-official” results from local voter registrars after last night’s count. Vote-by-mail ballots are still being counted, and with the low voter turnout (29.9 percent statewide), this means in some places a third or more of the ballots have not yet been counted. For some measures, this means the tide could yet turn, […]

CA Voters Vote on a Swath of Transportation Measures Today

By Melanie Curry | Nov 4, 2014 | 3 Comments

While you’re standing in line waiting for your turn to vote, be glad that you don’t have to weigh in on every fiscal measure on the ballot. According to the California Taxpayer’s Association, Californians will vote today on over 200 measures that propose to raise money via bonds or taxes for a variety of services. […]

CA Environmental Groups Grade Legislators

By Melanie Curry | Oct 31, 2014 | 2 Comments

It’s scorecard season in California. Advocacy groups are giving grades to legislators based on how they voted on bills in the last year’s sessions, and releasing the scores just in time to influence next week’s election. The California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) and the Sierra Club both scored legislators according to how they voted on environmental […]

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