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Redding’s Successful Parklet May Help Bring Statewide Guidance

By Melanie Curry | Dec 15, 2015 | 5 Comments

The success of a parklet in Redding, California, may one day lead to official Caltrans design guidance for similar projects on state highways. At least, that is the hope of local advocates at Shasta Living Streets, who built the parklet as a pilot, with Caltrans permission, on the state-controlled highway through downtown Redding. As far […]

Caltrans Admits Building Roads Induces More Driving, But Admitting a Problem Is Just the First Step

By Melanie Curry | Nov 18, 2015 | 16 Comments

Eric Jaffe, in CityLab, recently reported that Caltrans “admitted” that expanding highways increases traffic by posting a policy brief on the subject of induced demand to its website. He called it a rare admission from a state department of transportation. State DOTs, as the country’s road builders, have usually responded to congestion, and even safety […]

Thursday Registration Deadline For Caltrans Planning Conference In L.A.

By Joe Linton | Nov 17, 2015 | 1 Comment

This Thursday is the deadline to sign up for Caltrans’ 2015 California Transportation Planning Conference: Partnering for Sustainable Transportation. The conference will take place from Wednesday through Friday December 2-4 at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Some of the #CTPC2015 conference highlights include: Presentations by Caltrans leadership including: – Malcolm Dougherty, Director of […]

News from the Summit: Caltrans Launches Statewide Bike and Ped Plan

By Melanie Curry | Oct 29, 2015 | 3 Comments

We’re still digesting all the reports and conversations that occurred at the California Bicycle Coalition’s biannual bike summit in San Diego this week. In addition to some very hard conversations about equity and diversity in bike advocacy—a subject that needs its own report—there were more planner-y presentations about on-the-ground bike issues. Caltrans was very active […]

Better Bikeways Party Tonight in Bakersfield

By Graham Wheat | Sep 18, 2015 | No Comments

Bakersfield-area cycling supporters have a chance to make an impact on the city’s cycling infrastructure today by attending a unique fundraiser hosted by the California Bicycle Coalition. The California Bicycle Coalition’s board of directors is holding its biannual meeting in Bakersfield this weekend. On its agenda is a revision of its strategic plan to better […]

State Offers Real Money for Innovative Ideas on Efficiency, Safety, More

By Melanie Curry | Aug 26, 2015 | No Comments

Have you been itching to tell Caltrans how to do something better? Now’s your chance—and maybe the department will pay you for your help. Caltrans is offering real money—up to $25,000—for an idea on how to improve transportation in the state. The department is open to ideas about efficiency, design, safety, performance, sustainability, or any […]

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