Melanie Curry
Recent Posts
Celebrating the Opening of Yerba Buena Island Vista Point to Bikes
| | No Comments
It was a beautiful day to mark the Bay Bridge "People" Path's new seven-days-a-week open hours, and to ride a bike to the new Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island.
Report: Raising the Gas Tax Is Not Enough
| | 6 Comments
S.B.1's gas tax increase was smart, welcome and overdue. Ultimately though, the gas tax alone is not the right long-term solution for funding California transportation.
Eyes on the Street: Tactical Urbanism in the Inner Sunset
| | No Comments
Pop up display and a traffic zebra bring some fun to the evening commute.
CA Legislative Update: Transit Passes, Transportation Commission Representation, Automated Speed Cameras
| | 7 Comments
A bill to create a statewide youth transit pass program passed the Assembly Transportation Committee, as did one that would require that at least one member of the California Transportation Commission represent low-income communities. Another bill, to create a pilot program to use automated speed enforcement cameras in San Francisco and San Jose, was put off for a year.
Projects Throughout CA Awarded Sustainable Transportation Planning Grants
| | 1 Comment
Caltrans just awarded $9.3 million in Sustainable Transportation Planning Grants to 41 projects, including complete streets plans, studies of connections for bicycle, pedestrian, and transit travel, and community engagement. Over 132 projects applied for the grants.
Who is the California Transportation Commission?
| | 9 Comments
The CTC is responsible for programming and allocating money for most of the state's transportation projects, so it's a pretty important body. But Governor Brown must either believe that things are going well on the commission, or that decisions made by the CTC don't really matter.
Bill to Stymie 710 Tunnel Is Stymied by Asm Transportation Committee
| | 110 Comments
A bill that would have ended consideration of a potential tunnel on the 710 freeway through Pasadena fell short of votes. Assembly Transportation Committee members hesitated to step into what they call a "local issue."
Time to Eliminate “Jaywalking” as a Crime
| | 5 Comments
Are people who cross streets where it makes logical sense really destroying the integrity of our communities? Are they causing a wave of crimes that put us all in danger? No, they are not.
Transportation Equity Summit Coming Up: April 24 and 25 in Sacramento
| | No Comments
The Transportation Equity Summit, hosted by TransForm and the California Bicycle Coalition, will offer conversations on transportation justice topics, including funding and public participation. And there will be awards.
Ticket Diversion for Bike Riders 101
| | 1 Comment
Different places have different approaches: an online course in Davis, a class taught by police officers in Gilroy. However they are run, bike classes benefit the entire community, and if diversion programs help create a wider educational program, so much the better.
Webinar Offered Wednesday: How to Set Up a Bicycle Traffic Diversion Program
| | 3 Comments
A California bill passed in 2015 allows bicyclists who get tickets to attend "bike traffic school" and reduce their fines, but currently there are few places where that is possible. The California Bicycle Coalition will present a webinar on how to get a diversion program started.
Transportation Funding Bill Passes with Closed-Door Deals and Public Posturing
| | 18 Comments
All afternoon the Senate and Assembly had hosted “debates” on the bill, but those served mainly as an opportunity for grandstanding. Most minds had been made up, and the real negotiations, to convince the few undecided votes, was going on behind closed doors.