Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Caltrans

Former Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty at the annual Director's Ride. Image from Active Transportation in California: The Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities Report
Fiscal Year 2016-17.

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Caltrans Releases Annual “Non-motorized” Report to Legislature

By Melanie Curry | Mar 19, 2018 | 2 Comments

“Active Transportation in California: The Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities Report Fiscal Year 2016-17,” highlights Caltrans' achievements of the past year as the department works towards its fast-approaching goals to increase the share of trips made by walking and bicycling in the state.

Active Transportation Resource Center Offers New Course in Planning and Designing for Bicycles

By Melanie Curry | Mar 16, 2018 | No Comments

This introductory course, open to all, promises to review California’s commitment to support all modes of transportation, with participants learning how to apply bicycle design concepts that "best balance competing needs on a specific route."

Analysis of transportation funding proposed by Governor Brown. From the LAO

Legislative Analyst Office Recommends Changes to Gov. Brown’s Proposed Transportation Budget

By Melanie Curry | Feb 9, 2018 | No Comments

The LAO recommends focusing highway money on maintenance, not major upgrades, because of economic reasons. But there are other reasons to stop investing in highway capacity projects.

Map shows Bay Area highways and bridges (in red) vulnerable to a relatively low estimated 1.5-foot sea level rise. From Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Map

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Caltrans Releases Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Bay Area

By Melanie Curry | Jan 2, 2018 | 1 Comment

This first report focuses on Caltrans District 4, which covers the greater Bay Area. It sets out to begin a discussion about what sea level rise and rising temperatures might mean for state highways.

This heat map shows where people have requested new or better bike improvements on the state highway system in the Bay Area. Image from District 4 Bike Plan Survey summary.

Bay Area Caltrans District Refines its Bike Plan

By Melanie Curry | Nov 14, 2017 | 3 Comments

Caltrans District 4 planners are hosting a final round of community workshops on proposed bicycle improvement priorities for state-owned roads in the Bay Area.

Caltrans' interactive map of projects funded by S.B. 1, here showing a resurfacing project through Arcadia, Baldwin Park, El Monte, and Irwindale.

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Gas Tax Battle Royale

By Melanie Curry | Nov 6, 2017 | 23 Comments

California's new gas tax is either a boondoggle to line the pockets of politicians, or the beginning of a new, pothole-free day for California roads, depending on perspective. But it's necessary, and it's not even enough money anyway.

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