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
Caltrans Updates Plan to Support Biking, Walking, and Transit
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Caltrans publicly commits to prioritizing actions that identify, evaluate, and fund active transportation projects
New Rule on Environmental Impacts of Driving, Long Awaited, Goes Into Effect July 1
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Ding! Dong! Level of Service is dead!
Grants Issued for Affordable Housing, Transformative Climate Communities, Climate Change Research
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Strategic Growth Council awards a pile of implementation and planning grants for sustainable, healthy communities
Governor Appoints Two New California Transportation Commissioners
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Paul Van Konynenberg, the problematic CTC chair, is out. The new appointees represent labor and business development. One more commission seat remains up in the air.
Bill to Incentivize Bike Parking in New Housing Moves to State Senate
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A.B, 3153 would allow housing developers who provide parking for either bikes or car-share in new buildings to reduce car parking requirements
Evictions and Homelessness Will Rise Precipitously Once COVID Restrictions Are Lifted
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New UCLA Luskin Center report warns of a dire future in L.A., if big changes aren't made now - but the lesson is relevant statewide. Nationwide.
Transportation Commission Chair Van Konynenberg Hot Mic: “Go. . . Beat the Hell Out of Them”
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Notwithstanding a later apology, the commissioners remarks contribute to a hostile environment.
Creating Vitally Needed Hand-Washing Stations for Homeless Residents
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LavaMaeX's Hand Washing For All campaign aims to teach people how to make, maintain hand-washing stations to help stop spread of coronavirus
Assembly Returns; Transportation Committee Takes on High-Speed Rail, Relief for Parking Debt
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Rather than focus on fallout from COVID-19, the Assembly Transportation Committee was bent on reining in the High-Speed Rail Authority
Rich City Rides Shows How to Take Care of Your Community
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The bike/skate shop/community space hosts a youth-led Bike Club, whose members have been helping the school district pack and distribute meals to students who can't access them because school is not in session.
San Diego Study: Transit Remains Essential for Essential Workers
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Circulate San Diego used census data to determine that many of the people still riding transit are going to and from jobs deemed "essential" under stay-at-home rules
California Prepares For July 1 Planning Shift from Car Delay to Induced Travel
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Starting July 1, the California Environmental Quality Act will require projects in California to account for how many new miles of automobile travel they produce (VMT), rather than how much congestion they produce (LOS)