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Melanie Curry

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Rich City Rides Bike Club members have distributed over 1,000 meals during the stay-at-home orders. Photo by Najari Smith

Rich City Rides Shows How to Take Care of Your Community

By Melanie Curry | May 1, 2020 | No Comments
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.
Photo by Joe Linton

CTC: Active Transportation Program Application Deadlines Delayed, More Actions

By Melanie Curry | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments
Three months' delay for 2021 program. Exception for quick-build pilot, which will delay deadlines for one month. Other transportation funding deadlines also delayed
Image: CirculateSD
This post is supported by GJEL

San Diego Study: Transit Remains Essential for Essential Workers

By Melanie Curry | Apr 23, 2020 | No Comments
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
Advocates wanted a portion of emergency funding set aside for COVID protections, such as masks, cleaning, and plexiglass shields. But MTC demurred. Photo: BART

MTC Votes on Federal Relief Allocation: No Set Aside for Worker, Rider Protections

By Melanie Curry | Apr 22, 2020 | No Comments
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.
This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

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
This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Real-Time Data Shows Stay-at-Home Orders May Be Saving Lives in More Ways Than One

By Melanie Curry | Apr 9, 2020 | No Comments
"The Governor’s shelter-in-place order may have provided unexpected reductions in injuries and harm from traffic accidents."
Photo: Courtesy Bike East Bay

Bike Advocacy Organizations Move Bike Classes Online: Bike-Friendly Driver Training Tonight

By Melanie Curry | Apr 8, 2020 | No Comments
Bike East Bay and other organizations are maintaining their mission to educate people
People who live near freeways are subject to higher levels of particulates. Photo of 110/105 junction by Remi Jouan, from Wikipedia

Study: Highway Pollution Exposure Could Be Linked to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates

By Melanie Curry | Apr 7, 2020 | No Comments
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

By Melanie Curry | Apr 3, 2020 | No Comments
Respect and gratitude to the farmworkers of California.
Picture from Flickr user Rusty Clark

New Federal Fuel Economy Standards Are Trash

By Melanie Curry | Apr 2, 2020 | No Comments
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 […]
A DIY prescription: Taping a rock to a beg button might guarantee an automatic pedestrian phase--but this doesn't always work. Photo from Twitter user Ollie
This post is supported by GJEL

Stop Touching Pedestrian “Beg Buttons”

By Melanie Curry | Apr 1, 2020 | No Comments
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

By Melanie Curry | Mar 31, 2020 | No Comments
Webinar will cover "How to Write a Compelling Needs Statement"
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