Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about State Agencies

Caltrans Gathers Feedback on Upcoming Standards for Protected Bike Lanes

By Melanie Curry | Jun 1, 2015 | No Comments

Caltrans tried an experiment last week. Under a legislative deadline to create standards for Class IV Bikeways, also known as cycle tracks or protected bike lanes, the state department of transportation reached out to people who had expressed an interest in the subject and asked them for ideas. Caltrans may have gotten more than it […]

Caltrans Awards $9.8 Million in Sustainable Transportation Planning Grants

By Melanie Curry | May 6, 2015 | 3 Comments

California’s Department of Transportation released a list of over 51 cash grants it will allocate for local planning efforts focused on sustainable transportation. The Sustainable Transportation Planning grants, which range from $50,000 to $500,000 and average somewhere in the middle, will go to cities, counties, transit agencies, tribal governments, metropolitan planning organizations and regional transportation […]

For Goodness’ Sake, Stop Widening the 405

By Damien Newton | May 6, 2015 | No Comments

Albert Einstein says that the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I have bad news for transportation planners at OCTA and Caltrans. You’ve gone insane. And the disease is spreading. The Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans are banding together for another 1950’s style environmental […]

Audio: Part II of NRDC’s California’s Transportation Transformation

By Amanda Eaken | Apr 28, 2015 | 1 Comment

This was originally posted at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s staff blog. Listen to Part I, here. “Sustainability is often misconstrued as only an environmental issue,” says Steven Cliff, the sustainability assistant director for California’s Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Do you agree? Listen to an interview with Cliff in the second installment in our series […]

Caltrans Asking for Input on Bikeway Design

By Melanie Curry | Apr 24, 2015 | 5 Comments

Last year’s Protected Bikeways Act from Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) created a new officially designated bike lane type, the Class IV bikeway, variously known as a “protected bikeway” “protected bike lane,” “separated bike lane,” or “cycletrack.” The bill also required Caltrans to create and publish design criteria for the new bikeways by January 2016. […]

Caltrans: Don’t Forget, California’s Highways Were First Built for Bicycles

By Damien Newton | Apr 13, 2015 | 7 Comments

“Did you know the movement to create a state highway system came not from automobile drivers or manufacturers, but bicyclists?” As part of Caltrans’ 125th Anniversary, the agency is creating a video series about the history of the state’s agency. The first video highlights Caltrans’ current shift away from auto-centric planning to multimodal planning by acknowledging that the […]