Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Active Transportation Program

New bike lanes on Yosemite Drive in Eagle Rock - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

State Budget Agreement Includes HSR Bonds and a $1.05 Billion ATP Bump

By Melanie Curry | Jun 27, 2022 | No Comments

This seemingly sudden agreement on high-speed rail is a little anti-climactic, if welcome.

A screen shot of the San Gabriel Valley and the state highways that cross through its region. Caltrans District 7, which encompasses LA and Ventura County, is drafting a district active transportation plan and needs local input on how to improve the corridors of its state highway system. Image: Caltrans District 7 survey

Caltrans SGV District Collecting Public Comments for Active Transportation Plan

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 30, 2021 | No Comments

Caltrans is seeking public input in developing its local Active Transportation Plans. The L.A.-Ventura plan will identify locations for bicycle and pedestrian improvements on, across, or parallel to the state highway system.

A city of El Monte proposal for a Class IV protected bikeway and pedestrian improvements adjacent to a local high school scored a 92 on the 2020 ATP cycle, yet still did not receive full funding. Rendering via Alta Planning + Design

California’s Active Transportation Program Can’t Meet Statewide Needs on a Shoestring Budget

By Wesley Reutimann | Jun 2, 2021 | No Comments

Any community that successfully navigates the gauntlet that is the ATP application -- a process requiring hundreds of hours of staff and community time -- and earns what is essentially a “B” grade deserves to be funded.

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CA Senate Transportation Vice-Chair Says Active Transportation Projects Increase Emissions

By Melanie Curry | Feb 14, 2020 | No Comments

Spoiler alert: They don't

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Gov’t Analyst: Despite Lack of Data, Let’s Rethink the Active Transportation Program

By Melanie Curry | Mar 15, 2019 | No Comments

Part 2 of our look at LAO report on the ATP