Melanie Curry
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Fresno County Launches Rural Electric MicroTransit Pilot
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On-demand service offers inexpensive, zero emission point-to-point rides for rural Californians with few travel options
Working on a Project That Can Reduce Greenhouse Gases? Mark Your Calendar
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California Air Resources Board is about to launch a series of webinars tailored to potential applicants for cap-and-trade funding.
A Historical Perspective on Los Angeles’ Traffic Congestion Fight
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UCLA paper describes century-long efforts to quell, redirect, and control the problems that come with congestion - and the very little success achieved
California Transportation Plan 2050: Comments Due Soon
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The plan addresses equity and displacement, but stops short of saying what the last plan made clear: California has to stop building for car drivers
Another California Executive Order: Conserve Lands, Align Policies to Fight Climate Change
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Advocates applaud the order, but how does it fit with ongoing efforts to widen freeways and drill more oil wells?
Building Community Capacity Means Expanding, Connecting Current Neighborhood-Level Efforts
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Current local disaster relief efforts are piecemeal, ad-hoc, and disjointed - and the state should invest in strenthening them
To Get People Using Clean Transportation, First Know What They Need
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And that means asking the right questions of the right people. California's Clean Mobility Options program requires grant recipients to do so, and has created a pilot program to supporting those efforts
Governor Signs Housing, Sustainable Transportation Bills
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But he vetoes a bill declaring housing as a human right, inconsistent with his willingness to set aspirational goals in other areas (such as electric vehicle mandates)
Bike to Whereever Day: A Pivot from BTWD, Celebrating Some Progress
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Events like these are a fabulous way of both celebrating the hard-fought changes we have seen and of reminding everyone why better bike facilities are important and necessary.
Bold Action Is Needed; This Executive Order Is Not That
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Governor Newsom's executive order calling for cleaner transportation only hints at the most important way to reduce transportation emissions and make life in California better: by encouraging and supporting walking, biking, and transit.
Governor Newsom’s Executive Order: No New Fossil-Fuel Vehicles in California by 2035
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As part of Climate Week 2020, California Governor Newsom today issued an executive order declaring the goal of eliminating fossil fuels from transportation, a sector that produces half of California’s toxic and greenhouse gas emissions. The order calls for ending all sales of new fossil-fuel-powered vehicles in the next fifteen years, and calls on various […]
Active Transportation Program Quick-Build Project Recommendations Released
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Eight projects recommended; CTC to decide on final list in October