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Michele Martinez, right, posing at the Santa Ana photo booth during a Park(ing) Day event in 2016. Photo by Kristopher Fortin

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New California Transportation Commissioner Michele Martinez Wants “Everybody at the Table”

By Melanie Curry | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

"The CTC has the ability to dream with stakeholders about what the next decade can be like. Now is the time to have these conversations."

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Bay Area Healthy Transit Plan Is a Suggestion, Not a Requirement

By Melanie Curry | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

MTC and transit operators don't think it's their job to ensure worker or rider safety.

City of Moreno Valley, in the Inland Empire. Image from Moreno Valley Chamber of Commerce

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Moreno Valley Hopes to Buy Its Way Out of Reducing Emissions from Proposed Megawarehouse

By Melanie Curry | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

The developer and city have claimed variously that: they do not have to estimate, analyze, or manage emissions because CA cap-and-trade program is responsible; then, that they would buy offsets through CA's cap-and-trade program; then, that they would buy offsets on the international market.

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New Rule on Environmental Impacts of Driving, Long Awaited, Goes Into Effect on Wednesday

By Melanie Curry | Jun 30, 2020 | No Comments

And Caltrans will host a webinar tomorrow, open to all, to discuss "Rethinking How We Build So Californians Can Drive Less."

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Grants Issued for Affordable Housing, Transformative Climate Communities, Climate Change Research

By Melanie Curry | Jun 26, 2020 | No Comments

Strategic Growth Council awards a pile of implementation and planning grants for sustainable, healthy communities

Caltrans District 4 Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator Sergio Ruiz talks to attendees at an open house on the district bike plan. Photos: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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How to Get Bike Lanes, Sidewalks, Crosswalks into Caltrans Projects in Your Town

By Melanie Curry | May 21, 2020 | No Comments

CTC workshop will discuss the 2022 SHOPP process and gather input on how to best engage advocates, planners, and district staff.

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California Prepares to Shift Planning Focus from Car Delay to Induced Travel

By Melanie Curry | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

Starting July 1, the California Environmental Quality Act will require projects in California to account for how many new miles of automobile travel they produce, rather than how much congestion they contribute

Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols, left, and California State Transportation Agency David Kim, right, testify to the Senate on state efforts to reduce emissions from transportation

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Tackling Transportation Emissions in California–or Ignoring Them

By Melanie Curry | Mar 5, 2020 | No Comments

Two California Senate committees, Transportation and Environmental Quality, held a hearing yesterday to talk about "Putting the Brakes on California's Rising Transportation Emissions."

Still from a SafeTREC video about setting speed limits

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Walk SF Urges Public to Push for Strong Recommendations on Setting Speed Limits

By Melanie Curry | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

Zero Fatalities Task Force report due soon, but since it has been meeting in closed-door sessions it's anyone's guess what its recommendations will be

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The Battle for the Richmond Bridge Bike Path

By Melanie Curry | Nov 15, 2019 | No Comments

At long last, Saturday will see the opening of the Richmond San Rafael Bridge bike path. By some counts, the fight for the path has gone on for close to fifty years.

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Newsom’s Executive Order on Transportation Funding and Climate Goals

By Melanie Curry | Oct 2, 2019 | 8 Comments

For the first time, California's top leader is calling for transportation funding to align with state goals on climate and the environment, and to help people cut back on driving

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