Melanie Curry
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Highlights from the CalBike Summit
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The biannual California Bicycle Summit just wrapped up in Sacramento. Several hundred people gathered to talk changing the world through better bike access for all, and many related topics.
Governor Brown Signs Bill: No More Tickets for Crossing on Countdown
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Pedestrians are now legally allowed to enter a crosswalk after a countdown signal has started.
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Grant Applications Released
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Another round of funding is available for projects that combine affordable housing and low-carbon transportation. The purpose of the AHSC program is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating projects that support compact infill development.
Governor Signs 15 Bills to Make Building Housing Easier
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Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a package of fifteen bills that will lay the groundwork for increasing housing, affordable housing, and homeless services in California.
Reminder: Statewide Bike Summit Coming Next Week to Sacramento
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The 2017 CA Bike Summit starts next Tuesday in Sacramento
FHWA Reinstates Clean Air Rule for Transportation
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The rule requires states to track greenhouse gas emissions from on-road vehicles on the national highway system and establish targets for reducing them. It's only a start--yet the federal government is fighting even that.
California Joins Seven Other States in Lawsuit Over Clean Transportation Rules
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Eight states, California among them, filed a lawsuit this week challenging the Trump administration decision to suspend a rule that requires transportation projects to measure and report on the greenhouse gas emissions they produce.
Cap-and-Trade Funding Will Go For Electric Vehicles, Other Programs–But Not Transit Passes
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CA approved cap-and-trade spending last week - unfortunately there's a lot for electric cars and not so much for transit.
Park(ing) Day in California
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Park(ing) Day is a grass-roots event wherein people turn street parking spaces into something more useful and fun than car storage. Herein some photos of people enjoying the street.
TransForm Celebrates GreenTRIP Program to Reduce Parking, Car Trips
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GreenTRIP connect is an easy-to-use tool that allows anyone to quickly compare the effectiveness and cost of different strategies to reduce car trips, such as offering transit passes or car-share to residents, or separating out the cost of parking spots from rent. TransForm honored its early adopters.
Is Park(ing) Day Still a Thing?
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Park(ing) Day is almost old hat now, but in the early days it caused a ruckus. Where is it taking place this year?
Bill to Clarify Pedestrian Countdown Signals Improved and Passed
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A bill to correct the motor vehicle code to allow pedestrians to use countdown signals the way they were intended--as information they could use to decide whether they have time to cross an intersection--has passed both houses of the legislature and is headed for the governor's signature.