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San Jose's quick-build bike lanes have been quite successful--and relatively inexpensive. Photo by Roger Rudick/Streetsblog

Active Transportation Program Cycle 5 May Fund Quick-Build Projects

By Melanie Curry | Mar 6, 2020 | No Comments

Quick-build projects make inexpensive changes to fix safety issues, give drivers, walkers, bicyclists, and wheelchairists the opportunity to experience a street design, and allow cities to gather feedback, collect safety data, and make adjustments. But they don't fit well into the state funding process.

There are currently 30 active construction sites on California's High-Speed Rail Program. Image: CAHSRA

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CA Congressman Introduces Federal Bill to Fund High-Speed Rail

By Melanie Curry | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

No guarantees, but it could provide funding for CA's program, if it passes

Bikes parked in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento

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First Bill in Response to Speed Limit Study Includes Small Reform Steps

By Melanie Curry | Feb 7, 2020 | No Comments

A.B. 2121 is a very small first step toward reforming California's absurd speed limit laws

Senator Scott Wiener introduces his amended housing bill in Oakland, flanked by supporters. Photo by Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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Wiener Reintroduces Housing-Transit Bill; Some Advocates Shout Him Down

By Melanie Curry | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

It would be safe to say that most of the people in the crowd in Oakland support more housing, but they are deeply split on tactics for achieving it.

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California Planners Have Already Been Swapping VMT for LOS

By Melanie Curry | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

The state's "seismic" shift from measuring congestion to assessing new travel has been a glacial but inexorable change

What does your community need to help it reduce greenhouse gases? Great pedestrian crossings? The STEP program aims to find out by asking you. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

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STEP: New State Program Aims for Transportation Equity, Community Building

By Melanie Curry | Nov 20, 2019 | No Comments

Cap-and-trade program will fund grants to build community capacity to plan and address local accessibility needs to help lower greenhouse gas emissions

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Legislative Update: New Laws on Transportation Policy, Funding, Planning

By Melanie Curry | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments

Among the hundreds of new laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in the weeks leading up to Sunday's deadline were a few related to transportation.

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Governor Signs Several Bills, Complete Streets Not Among Them

By Melanie Curry | Oct 4, 2019 | 1 Comment

If Newsom vetoes the Complete Streets Bill, he will need to explain why. Many bills are waiting, and many have been signed into law.

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Bikes and Scooters Could Replace a Lot of Car Trips in U.S. Cities

By Melanie Curry | Sep 16, 2019 | 3 Comments

And even if a small percentage of drivers switch from single occupancy vehicles, it could make a big difference for everyone.

Berkeley PD ticket a bicyclist on Milvia St, a bike boulevard. All photos by Liza Lutzker

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Berkeley Police Are Ticketing Bicyclists for Running Stop Signs on Bicycle Boulevards

By Melanie Curry | Sep 10, 2019 | 93 Comments

What are they trying to achieve?

CalWalks Complete Streets Fact Sheet: West Sac

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Despite “Farcical” Caltrans Cost Estimate, Complete Streets Bill Moves to Suspense File, as Expected

By Melanie Curry | Aug 21, 2019 | 4 Comments

Senator Wiener kept it short: Caltrans should be embarrassed about the cost estimate it provided on this bill.

California GHG emission trends. Image: CARB emissions inventory

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California GHG Inventory Shows Slight Downward Trend. Mostly.

By Melanie Curry | Aug 12, 2019 | 4 Comments

Except not in passenger vehicles. Or refineries. And decreases in other sectors are not dramatic

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