Melanie Curry
Recent Posts
California GHG Inventory Shows Slight Downward Trend. Mostly.
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Except not in passenger vehicles. Or refineries. And decreases in other sectors are not dramatic
How Some Groups Use Street Story to Improve Their Communities
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Yesterday's webinar highlighted how two areas, Bakersfield and Humboldt County, are already using and benefiting from this online reporting tool.
In Davis, a New Bike/Ped Safety Project Is Blamed for Heavy Traffic
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But the congestion is cut-through traffic from out of town, going elsewhere
CTC Transportation Forum: Resiliency and Transit
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The climate crisis is messing with transportation planning and engineering, and transit agencies are learning to adopt electric vehicles while ridership falls
A Transit Hub Needs to Expand–Will Moving it Help or Hurt Passengers?
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Relocating a transit hub is tricky. Responsible use of public moneys, impacts on passengers, improving service--it can all be a balancing act. And then what if everything else will be moving?
Charmingly Didactic: An Illustrated Guide to Why Biking Can Be Scary (But Doesn’t Have to Be)
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Illustrator Vreni captures a big reason biking infrastructure is needed: pure joy. Er, safety.
The Effect of Electric Vehicles on California Transportation Funding
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The assumption has been that increased adoption of electric vehicles is a threat to transportation revenue since drivers of those vehicles don't pay gas taxes. But S.B. 1 seems to have solved that.
Making it Easier to Get to Transit via Walking, Bicycling
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Encouraging people to opt for a "first-mile/last-mile" connection via active, zero emission modes requires integration of policies, plans, designs, and funding
Bay Area Legislators Talk About Housing Legislation at the Capitol
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All the panelists have been working on housing issues for years. "Things are changing," they say, albeit slowly.
Listen and Learn: A Tool for California Residents to Track Street Safety
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Webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, will introduce UC Berkeley SafeTREC's Street Story and show people how to report safety hazards
On Sustainable Development, California–and the Entire Country–Has a Long Way to Go
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Some California cities score higher, some lower, but none is nearing the goals agreed to by members of the United Nations.
Complete Streets Bill Passes Assembly Transportation Committee
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Chair Jim Frazier threatens to derail it if he doesn't see amendments he wants, but votes it out of committee