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Air Quality Board Member Rides a Bike to Meeting. Why Is this Newsworthy?

By Melanie Curry | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

Or, put another way: why don't more public agency directors and staff, especially those working on climate and air quality issues, use - or encourage - active transportation?

California stands out for its "nonattainment" areas, as well as for the high number of monitoring stations. Image from Recent Increases in Air Pollution:
Evidence and Implications for Mortality by Karen Clay
and Nicholas Z. Muller

Air Quality in U.S. – Especially in California – Is Getting Worse

By Melanie Curry | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

Researchers found evidence that increased use of natural gas and vehicle fuels are contributing to worsening air quality. Wildfires are a factor, but don't explain the increase.

Image from UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies report on transit ridership.

CTC Transportation Forum: Resiliency and Transit

By Melanie Curry | Jul 31, 2019 | 2 Comments

The climate crisis is messing with transportation planning and engineering, and transit agencies are learning to adopt electric vehicles while ridership falls

Image courtesy Lodi Public Works

Lodi Plans a Road Diet for Safety and Economic Development

By Minerva Perez | Mar 29, 2019 | 7 Comments

The Church Street project “brings Lodi up to par with other major cities.”

GGRFgraphic_exrpt_outcomes

Report: Cap-and Trade Investments Support Affordable Housing, Fire Prevention, Public Transit

By Melanie Curry | Mar 27, 2019 | 2 Comments

Without the GGRF, many of these programs wouldn't exist

19th Avenue, San Francisco

Bill Would Make State Highways–Which Are Often City Streets–Accommodate All Users

By Melanie Curry | Jan 14, 2019 | 7 Comments

Senator Wiener's S.B. 127 would shift Caltrans' focus to safety for everyone, not just for car drivers

Gavin Newsom delivers his first budget speech as Governor of California. Image: Screengrab from CATV

Newsom’s State Budget Connects Housing Needs and Transportation Funding

By Melanie Curry | Jan 10, 2019 | 7 Comments

But details are a bit murky

The Humboldt Bay Trail, connecting Arcata and Eureka with a bike path along Highway 1, was recommended for an ATP grant in Cycle 4.

Active Transportation Program Cycle 4: With More Money, Staff Recommends Fewer, Larger Projects

By Melanie Curry | Jan 3, 2019 | 2 Comments

More transformational projects could bring larger mode shifts, complete gaps in networks; but many high-scoring projects were left out.

Laurie Berman, Director of California Department of Transportation. Image courtesy Caltrans.

New Caltrans Executive Director Laurie Berman Speaks of Changes Afoot at the State DOT

By Melanie Curry | Nov 6, 2018 | 14 Comments

Streetsblog asks about culture change, climate change, and getting people out of cars

Planning a multimodal trip using bike-share is now easier-- in San Francisco. Image: Coord

Finally, a Multimodal Trip Planner

By Melanie Curry | Jun 11, 2018 | 2 Comments

Well, it's a start, anyway