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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

I-980 in Oakland is the subject of a study on the feasibility of removing or at least improving it
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Federal Reconnecting Communities Program Announces First Grants, Four In California

By Melanie Curry | Mar 1, 2023 | No Comments
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
Gov Gavin Newsom announcing his executive order to end sales of gas powered vehicles in California in 2020
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Legislative Hearing on How to Stop Oil Profiteering Shows How Little Anyone Knows

By Melanie Curry | Feb 23, 2023 | No Comments
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."
Construction on Park Blvd has begun, with the first step after repaving being painting the curbs red. Image: Bike SD
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San Diego’s Park Boulevard to Get Buffered Bike Lanes Throughout Balboa Park

By Melanie Curry | Feb 22, 2023 | No Comments
City's "Crown Jewel" will also get new dedicated bus lanes for part of the route
Image from Thomas Built Buses, one of the suppliers of electric school buses in California
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Everybody Wants an Electric School Bus

By Melanie Curry | Feb 17, 2023 | No Comments
Applicants for the first $500 million from the federal Clean School Bus Program requested almost $4 billion
Newsom's proposed budget "solutions." Chart by Legislative Analyst's Office
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Legislative Analyst Studies Newsom’s Transportation “Budget Solutions”

By Melanie Curry | Feb 16, 2023 | No Comments
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??
Image: AAA
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State E-bike Incentive Program Is Still a Ways Off

By Melanie Curry | Feb 14, 2023 | No Comments
There is a lot of pressure to get the program right, and a lot of interest and participation in program workgroups. And questions.
"Daylighting" makes it easier for drivers and pedestrians to see each other at intersections. Note that the "NO STOPPING" on the graphic refers to parking or stopping at the curbs within 20 feet of an intersection
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New Bill Would Improve Sight Distances at Intersections

By Melanie Curry | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments
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
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USDOT Announces First Grants from its Safe Streets and Roads for All Program

By Melanie Curry | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program will give California communities $133 million for road safety projects and plans
Caltrain is electrifying its entire system, with some funding from the state TIRCP. Photo: SAMCEDA
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California Grants Billions for Transit Projects

By Melanie Curry | Feb 1, 2023 | No Comments
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.
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Governor’s Proposed Budget Takes Back Promised Active Transportation Funding, and Ignores Transit

By Melanie Curry | Jan 11, 2023 | No Comments
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.
Rwanda. Photo by Melanie Curry/Streetsblog
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Travel Snapshots: Bikes! in Zimbabwe and Rwanda

By Melanie Curry | Dec 22, 2022 | No Comments
Fellow Californians, we are wimps
Sharifa Taylor of Communities for a Better Environment and a member of CARB's EJAC speaks to the board. Image: Screengrab from CARB

CA Air Board Plan for Climate Action Calls for Much Less Driving

By Melanie Curry | Dec 20, 2022 | No Comments
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
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