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Map shows Bay Area highways and bridges (in red) vulnerable to a relatively low estimated 1.5-foot sea level rise. From Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Map

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Caltrans Releases Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Bay Area

By Melanie Curry | Jan 2, 2018 | 1 Comment

This first report focuses on Caltrans District 4, which covers the greater Bay Area. It sets out to begin a discussion about what sea level rise and rising temperatures might mean for state highways.

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.

Fresno convened a Transformative Climate Communities Collaborative to decide how to spend its grant from the TCC.

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Strategic Growth Council Narrows List of Potential TCC Grants

By Melanie Curry | Nov 2, 2017

The Transformative Climate Communities grant program aims to encourage neighborhood-level plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities. The Strategic Growth Council will award approximately $140 million in TCC grants.

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Governor Vetoes State Agency Bike-Share Bill

By Melanie Curry | Oct 10, 2017 | 3 Comments

Governor Brown continues to work through a pile of bills on his desk, signing some and vetoing others.

Governor Brown signs a package bills legislators hope will begin to solve the housing crisis. Image: LiveStream

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Governor Signs 15 Bills to Make Building Housing Easier

By Melanie Curry | Sep 29, 2017

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a package of fifteen bills that will lay the groundwork for increasing housing, affordable housing, and homeless services in California.

A bill to clarify that pedestrians can begin crossing after the pedestrian countdown begins--as long as they have time to cross--is headed for the governor's desk. Photo: Melanie Curry

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Bill to Clarify Pedestrian Countdown Signals Improved and Passed

By Melanie Curry | Sep 12, 2017 | 6 Comments

A bill to correct the motor vehicle code to allow pedestrians to use countdown signals the way they were intended--as information they could use to decide whether they have time to cross an intersection--has passed both houses of the legislature and is headed for the governor's signature.

Caltrans is looking for applicants for a new California Walk and Bike Technical Advisory Committee, to represent the needs of people of all ages and abilities. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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Planners, Time to Get to Work: Lots More Bike/Ped Projects to Get Money

By Melanie Curry | Sep 5, 2017 | 1 Comment

CTC staff have recommended 63 projects that had previously applied for ATP grants, but didn't get them, for funding. Also 21 already-awarded projects will get their money sooner--some as soon as this year.

Ellen Greenberg, Caltrans' Deputy Director for Sustainability

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A Conversation with Caltrans Sustainability Chief Ellen Greenberg

By Melanie Curry | Jun 20, 2017 | 4 Comments

Greenberg's job is to work across all the different programs within Caltrans to guide and offer resources for meeting the department's sustainability goals, including interior goals--like efficient energy and water use--and external goals relating to the state transportation system.

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Legislative Update: CTC Representation, Youth Transit Passes, GHG Emissions

By Melanie Curry | Jun 1, 2017 | 2 Comments

As Friday’s deadline approaches for bills to either be passed from their legislative house of origin or die, the halls of the capitol in Sacramento are getting hectic. Here is some of what has transpired in relation to sustainable transportation issues: Representation on the California Transportation Commission: A.B. 179, a bill that would require one […]

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Caltrans Adopts Statewide Bike and Pedestrian Plan

By Melanie Curry | May 23, 2017 | 11 Comments

While Caltrans does not have jurisdiction over local transportation planning or policies, it does wield considerable influence over local planning decisions, and it provides expertise and guidance. A statewide plan that provides a cohesive vision for safe, comfortable biking and walking in California communities is an important step.

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Ped Crossing Bill Moves Forward, Bike Stop/Yield Bill on Hold

By Melanie Curry | May 9, 2017 | 5 Comments

The pedestrian countdown crossing bill is a needed update to an outdated law. The stop-sign-as-yield bill upsets people who don't understand its intent.

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