Melanie Curry
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Advocates and City Luminaries Celebrate Gap Closure on Richmond-Ohlone Greenway
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New Baxter Creek Gateway Park connects greenways in Richmond, El Cerrito
Gas Tax Funding Announced for Transit, Highway, and Local Priority Projects
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All kinds of transportation projects will get funding from the gas tax. Both CalSTA and the CTC are ready to make allocations.
Eyes on the Street: New Green Paint at Emeryville Public Market
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The changes bring a dramatic difference in feel to Shellmound Street; what had been a vehicle through-way now has a walkable, pedestrian-oriented scale.
Bill to Change the Way California Sets Speed Limits Slows Down
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Laura Friedman's bill now calls for a task force to study why California has such a counterintuitive method for setting speed limits.
Traffic Safety Report Finds More Drivers Using Cellphones
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Despite laws against using a hand-held phone or similar device, a new report shows that people are not putting down their phones.
Caltrans District 4 Releases the First Comprehensive District-Level Bike Plan
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The Bay Area region's bike plan focuses on the state highway network, which frequently forms the spine of city main streets throughout the region.
City of San Diego Announces Commitment to Its First Vision Zero Improvements
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Fifteen dangerous intersections, identified by safety advocates, will get basic safety treatments
Legislative Update: A Few Bills to Watch
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The second year of the legislature's two-year cycle is moving into action, with deadlines looming in the next few months for bills to pass their committees. There is still a lot of negotiating and amending coming up, but here are a few bills to keep an eye on.
CA Legislature Ponders the Future of High-Speed Rail Program
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Two legislative hearings were prompted by the recent release of the California High Speed Rail Authority's updated business plan, which issued new—higher—estimates of the project's costs and a longer timeline for building it.
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets Are “Largely Symbolic,” says ARB
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A year-long effort to set regional GHG targets leaves a gap no one seems to know how to fill
How to Decide, Fairly, Which Transportation Investments Are the Best Ones
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The Greenlining Institute, an Oakland-based nonprofit, released a report today describing a three-step framework that can be used to help communities figure out which transportation investments best serve their needs.
AARP Launches 2018 Community Challenge Grant
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These are grants for projects, including transportation projects, that aim to “help make communities better places to live for all ages.”