Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Active Transportation Program

L.A. Metro will be able to expand around USC and the Expo Line with new funding from the Active Transportation Program. Photo by Joe Linton

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L.A., SGV Bike-Share and Bike/Ped Path in S. Lake Tahoe to Get ATP Funds

By Melanie Curry | Aug 1, 2017 | 5 Comments

With a one-time boost of $10 million from cap-and-trade, the ATP will be able to fund more projects. CTC staff recommends a bike and pedestrian pathway in South Lake Tahoe, an expansion of L.A. Metro bike-share near USC and the Expo line, and bike-share in the San Gabriel Valley.

State Active Transportation Program funds were used to build this and eight other roundabouts this past year in Santa Ana. The roundabout shown is in a residential neighborhood in West Santa Ana and includes new signs and bulbouts at each street corner. Photo by Kristopher Fortin

Santa Ana is Having a Roundabout Renaissance

By Kristopher Fortin | Jun 29, 2017 | 2 Comments

The City of Santa Ana public works department has been busy the first half of the year installing street improvements on the city's west side. Between March until roughly last month, nine roundabouts were installed along three street corridors.

Is this what Californians want to invest their transportation money in? Image: Wikimedia

CTC Starting to Focus on Details of How to Invest S.B. 1 in Transportation System

By Melanie Curry | Jun 27, 2017 | 8 Comments

Right now and for the next few months, California has a huge opportunity to shift its transportation investment to create a system that works for everybody.

Ellen Greenberg, Caltrans' Deputy Director for Sustainability

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A Conversation with Caltrans Sustainability Chief Ellen Greenberg

By Melanie Curry | Jun 20, 2017 | 6 Comments

Greenberg's job is to work across all the different programs within Caltrans to guide and offer resources for meeting the department's sustainability goals, including interior goals--like efficient energy and water use--and external goals relating to the state transportation system.

Maybe pop-up protected bike lanes like these on Lankershim Blvd in North Hollywood can become permanent, with new ATP funding on the way. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

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State Seeks Active Transportation Projects That Are Ready for Funding Soon

By Melanie Curry | Jun 7, 2017 | 3 Comments

California’s Active Transportation Program (ATP) is about to receive an infusion of cash, and staff is looking for a few good bicycle and pedestrian projects to give it to. Instead of being forced to choose a few projects from a long list of worthy ones, as in past funding rounds, ATP staff are now anticipating […]

Bike and pedestrian collisions from the last few years in the Southeast Cities. Data source, TIMS, Image Source: Urban Health Strategies

Southeast L.A. Cities Walks Away from Active Transpo Commitment; Advocates Say, “Not So Fast…”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 2, 2017 | No Comments

The report is much more than just a discussion of the region's active transportation needs. It's a call to arms - a plea to the Southeast cities to take a leadership role in investing local return dollars from Measure M in infrastructure that serves the area's most vulnerable road users.

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