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Melanie Curry

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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
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
Riders on the bridge when it first opened two years ago Photo by Melanie Curry/ Streetsblog

Bike/Pedestrian Path on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Is Finally Open

By Melanie Curry | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments
"Who will ride it?" The several thousand people who showed up to cross the San Francisco Bay on the path's opening day answered that question pretty clearly
Caltrans and the CHP did  not like this banner
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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.
Neil Maizlish at UC Davis
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More Biking Would Bring Huge Health Benefits to California

By Melanie Curry | Nov 12, 2019 | No Comments
Increasing activity levels would reduce health burdens even more than cleaner air or reduced traffic injuries.
Assemblymember Laura Friedman addresses a joint hearing on micromobility regulations. Image: screengrab from CA Assembly

What Regulatory Role Should the State Play with Scooters, Bike-share? CA Legislators Want to Know

By Melanie Curry | Nov 6, 2019 | No Comments
State legislators hope to avoid repeating mistakes made when ride-hail companies suddenly showed up on the scene.
The Bay Area mode share in 2017 is embarrassing; the proposed shift for 2040 isn't even as dramatic as it could be. Image: ARUP

Invest in What Makes it Easy to Travel by Healthy, Active, Sustainable Modes

By Melanie Curry | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments
Bay Area community organizations and consultants release road map for a future of clean sustainable transportation
Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Coming Up: Symposium on How to Make the Best Active Transportation Program

By Melanie Curry | Oct 25, 2019 | No Comments
On October 29 - 30, the California Transportation Commission will host a conversation on the ATP. In-person attendance is full, but the event will be televised.
California stands out for its "nonattainment" areas, as well as for the high number of monitoring stations. Image from Recent Increases in Air Pollution:
Evidence and Implications for Mortality by Karen Clay
and Nicholas Z. Muller

Air Quality in U.S. – Especially in California – Is Getting Worse

By Melanie Curry | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments
Researchers found evidence that increased use of natural gas and vehicle fuels are contributing to worsening air quality. Wildfires are a factor, but don't explain the increase.
Proposed hubs for a "rail-like rubber tire" transit system called ReX. Image via TransForm

New Vision for the Bay Area: Using Freeways for a High-Quality Regional Transit System

By Melanie Curry | Oct 18, 2019 | No Comments
TransForm proposes a new system of "rail-like rubber-tire transit" using managed lanes on area freeways
The area in question is the pink slice of Pacific Beach, outlined in black on this blurry map from the Coastal Commission's agenda.
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Coastal Commission Accepts San Diego’s Zero-Parking Requirements for a Slice of Coastal Zone

By Melanie Curry | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments
Despite staff recommendation to "wait and see," Commission agrees with need to stop requiring minimum parking at new developments
Bikes parked in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento
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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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