Melanie Curry
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Rich City Rides Shows How to Take Care of Your Community
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The bike/skate shop/community space hosts a youth-led Bike Club, whose members have been helping the school district pack and distribute meals to students who can't access them because school is not in session.
CTC: Active Transportation Program Application Deadlines Delayed, More Actions
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Three months' delay for 2021 program. Exception for quick-build pilot, which will delay deadlines for one month. Other transportation funding deadlines also delayed
San Diego Study: Transit Remains Essential for Essential Workers
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Circulate San Diego used census data to determine that many of the people still riding transit are going to and from jobs deemed "essential" under stay-at-home rules
MTC Votes on Federal Relief Allocation: No Set Aside for Worker, Rider Protections
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Advocates had asked the commission to set aside five percent of the money to provide COVID-19 protective equipment and sanitation for transit workers and riders. The commissioners demurred, saying they didn't want to micromanage the transit agencies.
California Prepares to Shift Planning Focus from Car Delay to Induced Travel
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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
Real-Time Data Shows Stay-at-Home Orders May Be Saving Lives in More Ways Than One
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"The Governor’s shelter-in-place order may have provided unexpected reductions in injuries and harm from traffic accidents."
Bike Advocacy Organizations Move Bike Classes Online: Bike-Friendly Driver Training Tonight
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Bike East Bay and other organizations are maintaining their mission to educate people
Study: Highway Pollution Exposure Could Be Linked to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates
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In California, the people living next to highways, major roads, and polluting industries--and thus subjected to higher levels of pollution--tend to be low-income communities of color.
Cesar Chavez Day: Honoring Those Who Feed Us, Even Through a Pandemic
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Respect and gratitude to the farmworkers of California.
New Federal Fuel Economy Standards Are Trash
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The federal government just finalized its weakening of fuel efficiency standards, despite knowing that they will be sued by states and environmental organizations. The weaker standards call for an increase in fuel efficiency of 1.5 percent per year, instead of the more stringent standards established under the Obama administration of five percent every year. Automakers–some […]
Stop Touching Pedestrian “Beg Buttons”
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L.A. is actually disconnecting them in some places where a lot of people are walking. Other Californian cities aren't (yet) thinking about them
Assistance for Active Transportation Program Applicants
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Webinar will cover "How to Write a Compelling Needs Statement"