Melanie Curry

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Transfers Magazine: Research on Equity in Ride-hail, Parking, Transit

By Melanie Curry | Nov 26, 2019 | No Comments

The new issue of Transfers Magazine contains research on ride-hail, carless households, transit, and parking.

Building for cars has just brought more cars. Caltrans adopting this change in CEQA is a start to fixing that. Image: Biofriend

Caltrans Will Account for New Driving Produced by its Transportation Projects

By Melanie Curry | Nov 25, 2019 | No Comments

A "profound change" in how transportation impacts are accounted for is coming, in line with efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and driving and increase biking, walking, and transit trips

Still from a SafeTREC video about setting speed limits

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Walk SF Urges Public to Push for Strong Recommendations on Setting Speed Limits

By Melanie Curry | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

Zero Fatalities Task Force report due soon, but since it has been meeting in closed-door sessions it's anyone's guess what its recommendations will be

What does your community need to help it reduce greenhouse gases? Great pedestrian crossings? The STEP program aims to find out by asking you. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

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STEP: New State Program Aims for Transportation Equity, Community Building

By Melanie Curry | Nov 20, 2019 | No Comments

Cap-and-trade program will fund grants to build community capacity to plan and address local accessibility needs to help lower greenhouse gas emissions

Fog did not deter riders--or walkers--who have waited many years to ride the Richmond San Rafael Bridge. Photo by Melanie Curry/ Streetsblog

Bike/Pedestrian Path on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Is Finally Open

By Melanie Curry | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments

"Who will ride it?" The several thousand people who showed up to cross the San Francisco Bay on the path's opening day answered that question pretty clearly

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The Battle for the Richmond Bridge Bike Path

By Melanie Curry | Nov 15, 2019 | No Comments

At long last, Saturday will see the opening of the Richmond San Rafael Bridge bike path. By some counts, the fight for the path has gone on for close to fifty years.