Melanie Curry
Recent Posts
Advocates Urge Federal Update of Flawed Crash Testing Standards That Discriminate by Sex
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Simple reforms to federal testing standards could end horrific disparities in car crash deaths between the genders — and the impending enactment of the new infrastructure bill is the perfect time to implement them, a new coalition says.
For Your Holiday Viewing Pleasure: This Year’s Bicycle Film Festival
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Available for online screening from anywhere until January 9.
What California Could Get from the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
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Lots for highways, but some for other good stuff - details pending.
Caltrans Issues Statewide Complete Streets Policy
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By default, all Caltrans transportation projects will provide "comfortable, convenient, and connected complete streets facilities" for bikers, walkers, and transit riders.
Can’t California Find a Better Way to Get to Vegas?
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A 20-mile backup into Nevada most weekends translates to: California needs to widen that highway. That's a habit we need to break.
San Diego Forward Offers a Vision of What a Transportation System Could Be
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SANDAG's board will decide on December 10 whether they agree with that vision
RAISE Grants Will Support Four California Transportation Projects
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A rural bike plan; a downtown bike, ped, transit improvement project; seismic bridge retrofits; and fixing a highway that will intersect with High Speed Rail.
CalBike Breaks Down the Infrastructure’s Bill Impact on CA Bike Riders
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Some benefits for California bike riders
SFMTA Used Design, Education to Encourage Slower and Safer Left Turns
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Forty percent of the traffic deaths in San Francisco in 2019 were caused when drivers made left turns and didn’t see someone in the crosswalk they were heading into until it was too late.
California Has Released Draft Redistricting Maps – and Wants to Hear from You
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A tight deadline for the Redistricting Commission means there are only a few days to absorb and comment on new Congressional and state legislative districts.
Bay Area Transit Task Force Approves Pilot Cross-Agency Transit Passes – and Free Transfers
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It's taken years of advocacy work, and isn't done yet. But huge progress is being made on making transit fares make sense to riders.
SANDAG’s Draft 2021 Transpo Plan Has a Lot to Like – and Some Questionable Plans for Funding
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The Draft Regional Transportation Plan proposes no expansions of highway right-of-way at all, and includes robust transit upgrades and some active transportation projects.