Melanie Curry

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Reducing the Role of Police in Traffic Enforcement Could Increase Safety for Everyone

By Melanie Curry | Aug 6, 2020 | No Comments

What the "Defund the Police" movement means for bicycling

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What Benefits Telecommuting May Bring Are Still Very Much Unknown

By Melanie Curry | Aug 4, 2020 | No Comments

Guesswork drives most of the speculation about what it might mean if more people work from home

A.B. 3040 would encourage cities to zone for more duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes. All illustrations by Alfred Twu

Legislative Update: Housing Bills Still in Play

By Alfred Twu and Melanie Curry | Jul 30, 2020 | No Comments

The bills address, generally, tenant protections, homelessness prevention and shelter, and encouraging more housing, sometimes by limiting restrictions local jurisdictions can apply.

City of Moreno Valley, in the Inland Empire. Image from Moreno Valley Chamber of Commerce

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Moreno Valley Hopes to Buy Its Way Out of Reducing Emissions from Proposed Megawarehouse

By Melanie Curry | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

The developer and city have claimed variously that: they do not have to estimate, analyze, or manage emissions because CA cap-and-trade program is responsible; then, that they would buy offsets through CA's cap-and-trade program; then, that they would buy offsets on the international market.

Two Reports Offer Recommendations for Preserving Transit

By Melanie Curry | Jul 22, 2020 | No Comments

Why do we think about transit as something that needs to prove its worth, that must show full buses and lots of riders, before we're willing to invest in it? It makes more sense to acknowledge that public transit benefits everyone, riders or not, and that everyone should support it, both financially as well as through policies and priorities.

Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition’s 2020 Bike Summit to Be Held Online

By Melanie Curry | Jul 15, 2020 | No Comments

Agenda for August 6-7 event includes two days of discussion and a virtual bike tour of Palo Alto

From the California Transit Association's ad campaign in support of financial aid for transit

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CA Transit Association Asks for Help to Stave Off Transit Collapse

By Melanie Curry | Jul 9, 2020 | No Comments

Steep drops in ridership and the elimination of fare payments have caused huge revenue losses, but the need to keep operating buses and trains to get essential workers to their jobs did not diminish.