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
Federal Reconnecting Communities Program Announces First Grants, Four In California
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This is the DOT's first move towards repairing damage done by building highways through communities is $185 million for 45 projects that remove, retrofit, or somehow mitigate barriers created by highways - and railroad tracks
Legislative Hearing on How to Stop Oil Profiteering Shows How Little Anyone Knows
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The hearing had everything: government agency reps making the case for Newsom's proposal, experts on economics, government, and litigation, and a range of "stakeholders."
San Diego’s Park Boulevard to Get Buffered Bike Lanes Throughout Balboa Park
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City's "Crown Jewel" will also get new dedicated bus lanes for part of the route
Everybody Wants an Electric School Bus
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Applicants for the first $500 million from the federal Clean School Bus Program requested almost $4 billion
Legislative Analyst Studies Newsom’s Transportation “Budget Solutions”
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The Governor's proposals to shift money from transit and the Active Transportation Program are "reasonable," given budget constraints, says the LAO. But the legislature could do something different. Like make cuts to highways instead??
State E-bike Incentive Program Is Still a Ways Off
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There is a lot of pressure to get the program right, and a lot of interest and participation in program workgroups. And questions.
New Bill Would Improve Sight Distances at Intersections
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Assemblymember Alex Lee's A.B. 413 would prohibit vehicles from parking or stopping at the curb within twenty feet of a marked crosswalk or intersection
USDOT Announces First Grants from its Safe Streets and Roads for All Program
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program will give California communities $133 million for road safety projects and plans
California Grants Billions for Transit Projects
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Cuts proposed to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program by Governor Newsom would affect future funding cycles, if they happen. Meanwhile, $3.68 billion will be awarded in 2023.
Governor’s Proposed Budget Takes Back Promised Active Transportation Funding, and Ignores Transit
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Newsom's draft CA budget takes into account an estimated $22.5 billion shortfall this year by pulling back some promised funds, including $2 billion from transit and $200 million from the ATP, with potential to restore some of that if tax revenue is higher than expected or federal revenue can backfill.
Travel Snapshots: Bikes! in Zimbabwe and Rwanda
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Fellow Californians, we are wimps
CA Air Board Plan for Climate Action Calls for Much Less Driving
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But CARB sidestepped real commitments on reducing VMT, even though the agency has acknowledged for years that reducing driving is key to meeting climate goals