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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

The 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor

By Melanie Curry | May 20, 2022 | No Comments
The bill would prohibit Caltrans from using state resources on any project, or on permitting any project, that does not meet certain criteria measured by the California Healthy Places Index.
CAHSRA construction in the Central Valley
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Progress on California’s High-Speed Rail

By Melanie Curry | May 13, 2022 | No Comments
People are noticing that the project is actually happening. Listen to CAHSRA head Brian Kelly tell the story.
The 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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Does the Building Trades Council Really Believe Freeways Are More Important than Homes?

By Melanie Curry and Joe Linton | May 10, 2022 | No Comments
Labor is prioritizing a few hours of labor over people's lives, and homes.
Topics the California Air Resources Board wants to address with research.
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What Should the Air Resources Board Study?

By Melanie Curry | May 5, 2022 | No Comments
An opportunity to help shape California Air Resources Board's research priorities - and provide ideas for future research projects
Future Fresno HSR Station rendering. Image courtesy CAHSRA
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CA High-Speed Rail Hits Milestones

By Melanie Curry | Apr 29, 2022 | No Comments
EIR for Merced to San Jose, Central Valley Station designs, Funding for Union Station, Adoption of 2022 Business Plan
Adonia Lugo speaking at the first CicLAvia in 2010
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Governor Newsom Appoints Transportation Equity Leader Dr. Adonia Lugo to CA Transportation Commission

By Joe Linton and Melanie Curry | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments
Lugo is a longtime transportation equity advocate, a professor at Antioch University Los Angeles - instrumental in the Untokening and CicLAvia
Assembly Transportation Committee Chair Laura Friedman
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Bike and Pedestrian Safety Bills Pass First Hearing; Legislative Decorum Cracks

By Melanie Curry | Mar 30, 2022 | No Comments
A recap of yesterday's hearing: Stop as Yield, Freedom to Walk, Pedestrian Lead Intervals, Speed Cameras, Aligning planning and investments with climate goals, Graduated Driver's Licenses - and a spectacular failure to suspend the gas tax
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First Bill Roundup: What’s on Deck This Session?

By Melanie Curry | Mar 23, 2022 | No Comments
Speed cameras, ending tickets for "jaywalking," and stop-as-yield for bikes, planning, and e-bike training.
Visualization of Anaheim's La Palma Parkway transformation. Image: city of Anaheim
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Clean California “Beautification” Grants Include Bike and Pedestrian Improvements

By Melanie Curry | Mar 8, 2022 | No Comments
Last week, the administration announced the release of $296 million in grants to 105 California communities for a wide range of "Clean California" projects, including pedestrian and bike path improvements.
FreewayDTLA
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Induced Driving Is Hard to Explain – But It’s Crucial to Get It

By Melanie Curry | Mar 2, 2022 | No Comments
For the last fifty years, road builders have tried to solve congestion by building more lanes, and it hasn't worked. Yet they still don't connect expanding capacity with increasing congestion.
The 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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Report: CA’s Historical Focus on Highway Construction Must Change

By Melanie Curry | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments
Legislative report on state transportation investments concludes that, if funding at every level is not reprioritized, climate goals will not be met, equity will suffer, and CA will fall short of other goals including reliable, efficient movement of people and goods.
One of Sacramento's poorest neighborhoods doesn't have enough crosswalks. It also has a high rate of jaywalking arrests. Image: KXTV
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Assemblymember Phil Ting Reintroduces Bill to Decriminalize “Jaywalking”

By Melanie Curry | Feb 18, 2022 | No Comments
Citing statistics that show that jaywalking laws do not make walking safer, Assemblymember Phil Ting introduced a new bill, A.B. 2147, to end the practice of stopping pedestrians that pose no danger to themselves or others when they cross a street.
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