Melanie Curry
Recent Posts
Despite “Farcical” Caltrans Cost Estimate, Complete Streets Bill Moves to Suspense File, as Expected
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Senator Wiener kept it short: Caltrans should be embarrassed about the cost estimate it provided on this bill.
Complete Streets Bill Threatened by Tardy, Unspecified, Absurd Cost Estimates
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Department of Finance analysis says safe streets for all are too expensive. Also that they're already being made safer (do you feel safer?). So, which is it? Both can't be true.
State Auditor’s Report on CSU Spending Gets a Hearing
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Mostly it was about whether the $1.5B surplus was "hidden" but there was a little bit of discussion of parking
California GHG Inventory Shows Slight Downward Trend. Mostly.
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Except not in passenger vehicles. Or refineries. And decreases in other sectors are not dramatic
How Some Groups Use Street Story to Improve Their Communities
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Yesterday's webinar highlighted how two areas, Bakersfield and Humboldt County, are already using and benefiting from this online reporting tool.
In Davis, a New Bike/Ped Safety Project Is Blamed for Heavy Traffic
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But the congestion is cut-through traffic from out of town, going elsewhere
CTC Transportation Forum: Resiliency and Transit
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The climate crisis is messing with transportation planning and engineering, and transit agencies are learning to adopt electric vehicles while ridership falls
A Transit Hub Needs to Expand–Will Moving it Help or Hurt Passengers?
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Relocating a transit hub is tricky. Responsible use of public moneys, impacts on passengers, improving service--it can all be a balancing act. And then what if everything else will be moving?
Charmingly Didactic: An Illustrated Guide to Why Biking Can Be Scary (But Doesn’t Have to Be)
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Illustrator Vreni captures a big reason biking infrastructure is needed: pure joy. Er, safety.
The Effect of Electric Vehicles on California Transportation Funding
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The assumption has been that increased adoption of electric vehicles is a threat to transportation revenue since drivers of those vehicles don't pay gas taxes. But S.B. 1 seems to have solved that.
Making it Easier to Get to Transit via Walking, Bicycling
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Encouraging people to opt for a "first-mile/last-mile" connection via active, zero emission modes requires integration of policies, plans, designs, and funding
Bay Area Legislators Talk About Housing Legislation at the Capitol
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All the panelists have been working on housing issues for years. "Things are changing," they say, albeit slowly.