Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Active Transportation Program

Former Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty at the annual Director's Ride. Image from Active Transportation in California: The Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities Report
Fiscal Year 2016-17.

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Caltrans Releases Annual “Non-motorized” Report to Legislature

By Melanie Curry | Mar 19, 2018 | 2 Comments

“Active Transportation in California: The Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities Report Fiscal Year 2016-17,” highlights Caltrans' achievements of the past year as the department works towards its fast-approaching goals to increase the share of trips made by walking and bicycling in the state.

Active Transportation Resource Center Offers New Course in Planning and Designing for Bicycles

By Melanie Curry | Mar 16, 2018

This introductory course, open to all, promises to review California’s commitment to support all modes of transportation, with participants learning how to apply bicycle design concepts that "best balance competing needs on a specific route."

Researchers found that pollution from highways affected surrounding routes, especially downwind. Image: Boriboonsomsin and Luo

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Measuring the Risk to Bike Riders of Breathing Pollution

By Melanie Curry | Feb 7, 2018

Bike riders are vulnerable road users, exposed to a variety of dangers, but the dangers imposed by pollution are not usually taken into account when planning bike routes.

Someone at Caltrans made a valiant effort to explain how transportation funding works in California. Image from Caltrans

Ask the Editors #4: Year in Review

By Streetsblog Editors | Dec 22, 2017 | 1 Comment

In which we discuss the gas tax, active transportation, and other big stories from 2017.

The Gilman Street I-80 Interchange was awarded ATP funds for a bridge that take pedestrians and bicyclists out of the picture. Image: Build alternative from the Gilman/I-80 interchange project website.

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California Transportation Commission Adopts More ATP Projects

By Melanie Curry | Dec 8, 2017 | 6 Comments

24 projects will be awarded at total of $32 million in Active Transportation Program funds.

Governor Brown at the signing ceremony this year for the cap-and-trade extension. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

“We Need to Build More Walkable Cities,” Says Governor Jerry Brown. In Germany.

By Melanie Curry | Dec 5, 2017 | 9 Comments

“That means YOU, on bikes and walking,” Brown told the attendees in Bonn. “There’s more to transportation than cars. We want our cities to make space for walking around.” Yes, exactly!

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