Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Active Transportation Program

Legislative Update: CalBike Agenda for 2016

By Melanie Curry | Mar 3, 2016 | 3 Comments

The California Bicycle Coalition, aka CalBike, continues to push for increasing funding for the Active Transportation Program, which currently receives $120 million per year. The bike coalition wants the state to add $100 million to the program, which sounds like a lot but is roughly one percent of the total transportation budget—even though bike and […]

Active Transportation Program: Cycle 2 Projects List Available

By Melanie Curry | Feb 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

The California Transportation Commission has posted the complete list of projects adopted in the second cycle of the Active Transportation Program. New to the spreadsheet are projects adopted under the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) portion of the program. In January, 93 projects were adopted for a total of $143 million from the ATP. Matching funds […]

Active Transportation Program 3rd Round: Guidelines, Workshops

By Melanie Curry | Feb 8, 2016 | No Comments

The California Transportation Commission has released the draft guidelines [PDF] for the third round of the Active Transportation Program. Ongoing workshops to discuss the guidelines started a week ago and are continuing, with one this Friday, February 12, in Fresno; a last one will be held some time during the week of February 15 in […]

Turlock Gets ATP Funding for Bike Lanes, Sidewalks, Safer Intersections

By Minerva Perez | Jan 29, 2016 | 4 Comments

Walking and bicycling in Turlock will become much safer now that the city was awarded more than a million dollars from the state Active Transportation Program (ATP) to improve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. “I think they are good projects that are good for the community,” Nathan Bray, Principal Civil Engineer, said of the two projects […]

Sorry Jerry, Sometimes Better Isn’t Good Enough

By Damien Newton | Jan 28, 2016 | 2 Comments

Yesterday, the administration responded to the critique that Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget does not advance the state’s stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the safety and comfort of those that walk and bicycle. While the op/ed, written by California State Transportation Agency Secretary Brian Kelly, only directly addresses a different opinion piece […]

Another Active Transportation Victory: Kern County Improves Transit Access

By Graham Wheat | Dec 14, 2015 | No Comments

Rounding out our trio of Active Transportation Grant success stories is Kern County’s. The rural county that is home to Bakersfield snagged $5.7 million in state funds to improve access to bus stops, adding sidewalks where they are missing in the surrounding community. (For more on Active Transportation Success Stories: please read stories from Santa […]

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