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City of Sacramento Gets a New Active Transportation Planner

By Melanie Curry | Jun 14, 2016 | 4 Comments

After two national searches, Sacramento recently hired Jennifer Donlon Wyant, formerly of Alta Planning, as its Active Transportation Program Specialist within the Department of Public Works. She is one of only two transportation planners in the department. The new hire comes just as Sacramento has elected a new mayor (Former Senate leader Darrell Steinberg), its […]

CA Legislative Update: ATP, Bikes, and Budget

By Melanie Curry | Jun 1, 2016 | 3 Comments

California budget negotiations have moved into high gear with the naming of Senate and Assembly members to the bicameral budget conference committee. Leaders of the two bodies named five members each—up from three in previous years—and the conference committee held its first hearing this morning. The committee’s job is to find agreement among the three […]

Beall Proposal Tries To End California Transportation Funding Stalemate

By Melanie Curry | Apr 28, 2016 | 1 Comment

Last year, Governor Brown called a “Special Session” to prod the California legislature to find solutions to what seemed an intractable problem: how to fund transportation needs in the state. Some bills were introduced, some hearings were held, but the biggest result of all the ballyhoo is a confirmation that the problem is, indeed, intractable. […]

Transportation Committee Hears Bills: Active Transpo, High-Speed Rail, More

By Melanie Curry | Apr 12, 2016 | No Comments

A marathon hearing in the Assembly Transportation Committee yesterday was a sign of looming deadlines in the California legislature. It was also an illustration of the strange and sometimes surreal world in which California’s laws are debated and created. An hour before the hearing, a coalition of groups working on equity and transportation presented a […]

A Few Good Bills

By Melanie Curry | Apr 5, 2016 | 1 Comment

Continuing our coverage of bills making their way through the California legislative session, today we’re highlighting some bills that we like. Some of these will likely be heard first at the Assembly Transportation Committee this Monday, April 11. Firstly, the state budget is undergoing its usual complicated negotiation process. It is made more complex because […]

Turlock Reaches Out to Community for Ideas on Improving Biking, Walking

By Minerva Perez | Apr 1, 2016 | No Comments

The statewide Active Transportation Program (ATP), the main source of funding for projects that encourage walking and biking in California, is in the midst of preparing for its next round of grants. Applications for a total of about $240 million will be accepted starting April 15, for projects that will be funded starting in 2019. […]

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