Melanie Curry
Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.
Tuesday’s Headlines
Actually, slowing traffic speeds can reduce emissions; Prioritize sustainable transportation; CA hopes to "solve" congestion (rather than emissions) using AI; More
Monday’s Headlines
Benefits from investments in walking and biking are giant; Inglewood people mover gets $1 billion federal commitment; Finding a way to cite driverless vehicles; More
Friday’s Headlines
How public transit benefits everyone; Proposal to consolidate all 27 Bay Area transit agencies; People's Park housing battle; More
Thursday’s Headlines
Cities need to invest in active mobility; Transit projects opening around the globe in 2024; CA traffic stops show a clear pattern of racial profiling; More
Wednesday’s Headlines
CARB clean fleet rule waits for USEPA permission; Bus stops can make people happy; Automakers paid Tesla instead of developing EVs themselves; More
Tuesday’s Headlines
BART train derails; Can't give a ticket to a driverless vehicle; Nationalize Greyhound; US preparing to expand its size; More
Thursday’s Headlines
New traffic laws in 2024; HSR achievements in 2023; Changes coming to North Bay transit; More
Thursday’s Headlines
More on MUTCD; Caltrans has a big SHOPP-ing list; A couple of year-end roundups; Santa Monica to study a tax on parking for transportation; More
Anatomy of a Complete Streets Policy
How San Diego advocates pushed for, and won, a better approach to road design
Wednesday’s Headlines
MUTCD released; Being doored is every urban bike rider's nightmare; PCH gets $2.4 million in signs, paint to fix its safety problems; More