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.
Active Transportation Program Calls for Volunteer Evaluators
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Thursday’s Headlines
LA Metro declares emergency over attacks on bus operators; Some deadly Bay Area streets to see safety fixes; Tax ride-hail to save transit? More
Bill to Require Speed Control in Vehicles Goes Limp
Also passed yesterday were the Complete Streets bill, a bill on Bay Area transit funding, and a prohibition on state funding for Class III bikeways.
Wednesday’s Headlines
Brightline LA-to-Vegas promises quick construction; LA Metro buses set to test camera enforcement of bus lane obstruction; Why are we still knocking down houses to build freeways? More
CalBike Summit to Advocates: Don’t Take No for an Answer
"Persistence with kindness." "Keep trying different things." "You have to be kind of annoying." "Light up their phones."
Tuesday’s Headlines
CA has to change its relationship with cars; Change is scary, climate change is scarier; Santa Maria transit unveils electric fleet; Caltrans to hold meeting on Stockon I-5 viaduct; More
Monday’s Headlines
Brightline West breaks ground; Senate to hear safe street bills; Looking at old BART cars, old Ford buses; Seoul is testing self-driving buses; More
Friday’s Headlines
SF plans street redesign at crash site; Santa Cruz commission still supports plan to have both trail and rail; State budget includes subsidies for fossil fuel industry; Unhoused camping; More
Thursday’s Headlines
CA youth speak out on climate: How LA Metro plans to spend $ from canceled 710 freeway; Watch out, illegal SF parkers, tickets are coming; More
Legislators Tackle AV, School Zone Safety
Are AVs freight trucks ready to be deployed on California roads with no one in them?