Melanie Curry
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California DMV Adds a Few Words About Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Driver’s Handbook
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"Green driving"--if there is such a thing--means practicing smooth acceleration, keeping up good maintenance, and avoiding unnecessary weight in your vehicle, according to the DMV Driver Handbook. Now it also recommends that drivers "consider" a zero-emission vehicle.
AARP Announces Another Round of Community Challenge Grants
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Applications for short-term projects that "spark change" due by April 17
A CA Bill Would Double the Size of Highways 5 and 99, and Remove Speed Limits
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Moorlach wants to double the size of Highways 5 and 99 and remove speed limits. That will solve congestion, he says, and even--wait for it--reduce greenhouse gas emissions!
No, Mr. President, You Can’t Have California’s High-Speed Rail Money Back
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Trump tweets, then Governor Newsom responds, making it clear that high-speed rail is not going away
Lyft Announces $700,000 Investment in Oakland Transportation Options
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The money will fund a bike lending library and community-led planning on bike-share deployment and affordable transportation options in East Oakland
Newsom Says High-Speed Rail Serving the Central Valley Is Not a “Train to Nowhere”
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But he did NOT say he was abandoning the entire project
Autonomous Vehicles Could Make Life Amazing and Easy, or Truly Awful
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It depends on who you are--and whether government policy gets out ahead of the technology
Active Transportation Funding Cycle 4: Staff Recommendations Revised and Adopted
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CTC approves staff's recommended list of project awards, revised slightly from December
Governor Newsom Has an Opportunity to Bring Balance to the California Transportation Commission
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Three openings on the commission could bring a new perspective to major transportation funding decisions
Bill Would Make State Highways–Which Are Often City Streets–Accommodate All Users
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Senator Wiener's S.B. 127 would shift Caltrans' focus to safety for everyone, not just for car drivers
Newsom’s State Budget Connects Housing Needs and Transportation Funding
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But details are a bit murky
Bike, Pedestrian, and Transit Projects Garner Top Engineering Awards
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As do a fish rescue facility, a water treatment facility, seismic retrofits, a power transmission line...and a parking plaza