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.
Monday’s Headlines
Low-traffic neighborhood see huge health benefits; How transportation funding is used to manipulate cities; Proposed FHWA rule would require pedestrian, bike safety assessments; More
Friday’s Headlines
Today is International Women's Day. Women are increasing their numbers in the CA legislature; Build good bike infrastructure, and people will ride; How corporations won the fight to keep their polluting secret; More
CARB Announces Planning, Clean Transportation Grants
The programs are aimed at helping communities work together, make decisions and prioritize clean transportation projects they want to see, and then plan for those projects to be completed.
Thursday’s Headlines
Voters approve LA's Measure HLA for bike and bus lanes; Some passenger rail service returns to dan Clemente area; What Bay Area residents want in terms of transportation; More
CalBike Summit Preview: Complete Streets Bill Would Require Caltrans to Implement Its Own Policies
Caltrans districts and local cities have bike and pedestrian safety plans, but too often Caltrans uses excuses - including cost and delay - to avoid following them. This bill would stop that practice.
Wednesday’s Headlines
Responding to criticism of public transit; New San Joaquin trains; Bus companies adopting fuel cell vehicles; More
California Transportation Agencies Celebrate New CA-Made San Joaquin Train Sets
A ribbon-cutting to mark the "beginning of a truly integrated transportation system" in California.
(Super) Tuesday’s Headlines
Don't forget to vote; Transit coordination just makes transit better; New threats to San Clemente rail lines; Another look at voluntary carbon offsets; More
California Launches New Transportation Equity Tool
The Transportation Equity Index calls attention to inequitable distribution of transportation benefits and harms - and creates a new way to map multimodal access
Monday’s Headlines
San Jose dissolves its Vision Zero task force; Analyzing SF's most dangerous intersections; A look at draft designs for high-speed rail stations; Waymo okayed to expand robotaxi operations; More