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Melanie Curry

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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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How Some Groups Use Street Story to Improve Their Communities

By Melanie Curry | Aug 8, 2019 | No Comments
Yesterday's webinar highlighted how two areas, Bakersfield and Humboldt County, are already using and benefiting from this online reporting tool.
By Drew Hart
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In Davis, a New Bike/Ped Safety Project Is Blamed for Heavy Traffic

By Melanie Curry | Aug 2, 2019 | 40 Comments
But the congestion is cut-through traffic from out of town, going elsewhere
Image from UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies report on transit ridership.

CTC Transportation Forum: Resiliency and Transit

By Melanie Curry | Jul 31, 2019 | 2 Comments
The climate crisis is messing with transportation planning and engineering, and transit agencies are learning to adopt electric vehicles while ridership falls
Hanford Amtrak Station, with the KART bus center in the background. Photo by Jason Lee

A Transit Hub Needs to Expand–Will Moving it Help or Hurt Passengers?

By Melanie Curry | Jul 25, 2019 | 11 Comments
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?
Vreni perfectly captures how it feels to ride in the new protected bike lane at Lake Merritt in Oakland. All illustrations by Vreni

Charmingly Didactic: An Illustrated Guide to Why Biking Can Be Scary (But Doesn’t Have to Be)

By Melanie Curry | Jul 23, 2019 | 1 Comment
Illustrator Vreni captures a big reason biking infrastructure is needed: pure joy. Er, safety.
Researchers projected future transportation revenue in California to explore what effect zero emission vehicles will have on it. Image: Mineta Institute
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The Effect of Electric Vehicles on California Transportation Funding

By Melanie Curry | Jul 22, 2019 | 1 Comment
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.
LA Metro 1/2 mile radius map of a station, identifying barriers to active transportation as well as assets and safety enhancements that make it easier.
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Making it Easier to Get to Transit via Walking, Bicycling

By Melanie Curry | Jul 19, 2019 | 5 Comments
Encouraging people to opt for a "first-mile/last-mile" connection via active, zero emission modes requires integration of policies, plans, designs, and funding
From left, Assemblymembers David Chiu and Phil Ting, Senator Scott Wiener, moderator Katy Tang talk housing policy at SPUR SF. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog
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Bay Area Legislators Talk About Housing Legislation at the Capitol

By Melanie Curry | Jul 17, 2019 | 10 Comments
All the panelists have been working on housing issues for years. "Things are changing," they say, albeit slowly.
Reporting a crash on Street Story
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Listen and Learn: A Tool for California Residents to Track Street Safety

By Melanie Curry | Jul 16, 2019 | 1 Comment
Webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, will introduce UC Berkeley SafeTREC's Street Story and show people how to report safety hazards
Top scoring cities on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
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On Sustainable Development, California–and the Entire Country–Has a Long Way to Go

By Melanie Curry | Jul 11, 2019 | 1 Comment
Some California cities score higher, some lower, but none is nearing the goals agreed to by members of the United Nations.
Moses Trujillo testified about the need for safer streets for pedestrians, even when they are state highways. Image: CA TV

Complete Streets Bill Passes Assembly Transportation Committee

By Melanie Curry | Jul 8, 2019 | 5 Comments
Chair Jim Frazier threatens to derail it if he doesn't see amendments he wants, but votes it out of committee
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