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
Active Transportation Program: Cycle 6 Staff Recommendations Released
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High scores, 434 application requesting $3.1 billion. So far, 93 projects recommended, for about $1 billion.
Local Ballot Measures: Sales Taxes for Transportation Are Tricky
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Local sales tax measures are increasingly tapped as a source for highway widenings, and they're getting tricky about it
Recap of California Transportation Commission Meeting: Equity, Climate Are Major Topics
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Instead of discussions centered on highway expansions and where to get the money for them, the Commission is engaging with climate, environmental, and equity concerns arising out of the state's transportation system.
Emergency Work to Stabilize Cliffs Above SoCal Railroad Tracks Will Take Months
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Amtrak, Metrolink, and freight operations from Laguna Niguel to Oceanside are suspended meanwhile. A permanent solution is years away.
Last CA Legislative Update: What Bills Were Signed, Vetoed, or Never Got that Far
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A final update on the 2021-22 California Legislative Session: Final outcome on bills on bicycle and pedestrian safety, public transit, and climate including a recap of some of the ones that never got to the governor.
Newsom Vetoes Bill to Align Transportation Funding with Climate Goals
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Assemblymember Laura Friedman's A.B. 2438 would have required California's transportation funding programs to incorporate strategies from the state's Climate Action Plan for Transportation Investment.
CA Bikes Yield at Stop Signs Bill Is Dead
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Author Boerner Horvath pulled A.B. 1713 because it was clear that Newsom planned to veto it
Freedom to Walk Bill – Decriminalizing “Jaywalking” – Is on the Governor’s Desk
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Again. But this time he might sign it.
CA Gets $120 Million for 8 “Sustainable and Equitable” Infrastructure Projects
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In California, eight projects will receive grants on this go-round, for a total of about $120 million.
CA’s Local Transportation Ballot Measures Aren’t Supporting Better Transportation Choices
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In November, voters in regions around the state will be asked to vote on local sales tax measures to raise money for transportation, which often means more highways.
Advocates: Transportation Projects in Caltrans “Pipeline” Must Be Reevaluated
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Long lead time on transportation projects means many are likely outdated, and may work against climate and environmental investments the state is making in other ways
No-Freeway-Expansion Bill Dies in Senate Committee
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Assemblymember Garcia's bill to protect disadvantaged communities from freeway expansions and accompanying pollution burdens failed to meet the deadline