Melanie Curry
Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.
Recent Posts
Suit Alleges Air Resources Board Plan Limits Housing, Victimizes Poor
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In the most recent California Planning & Development Report, Josh Stevens draws attention to a “quixotic” and “aggressively worded” lawsuit filed in April against the Air Resources Board and its 2017 Scoping Plan.
Bill to Increase Use of Zero-Emission Vehicles Could Credit Uber, Lyft for Bike Miles
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This bill could give Uber and Lyft a strong interest in making bike-share successful and encouraging its use--and could also motivate them to support cities in improving bike infrastructure to get more people riding them.
ARB says California Is Successfully Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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This latest data show that California's greenhouse gas emissions were a little below 1990 levels in 2016, a three percent drop from 2015.
Local Public Transportation Projects Receive $97 Million
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California's Low Carbon Transit Program just announced grants to 152 local transportation projects to provide free and reduced fares, expand transit service, purchase zero-emission buses, and improve bus stops.
CA Bill No Longer Redefines E-scooters, But Removes Helmet Requirements for Over-18
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After being amended in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee last week, the e-scooter bill A.B. 2989 has been reduced a single change in the vehicle code, regarding wearing helmets.
Californians Must Drive Less, Says ARB at Historic First Joint Meeting with CTC
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No matter how many low carbon fuels or zero emission vehicles California deploys, it won't be enough—we must drive less, say experts at the Air Resources Board. Will the commissioners hear the message?
State Air Quality Board and Transportation Commission to Meet, Explore Mutual Concerns
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On Wednesday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the California Transportation Commission (CTC) will hold its first joint meeting to discuss issues of mutual concern. The meeting is being held to fulfill requirements of A.B. 179, passed last year, that requires the two groups to meet at least twice a year to “coordinate implementation […]
The Engineering Manual Everyone but You Seems to Have
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It took only one tweet, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Engineering Excuses practically wrote itself.
San Francisco, Berkeley on AARP list of Top Ten “Livable Cities”
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It's not that surprising to see San Francisco and Berkeley in AARP's list of most livable cities, because they are very well served by transit and both have progressive policies aimed at improving people's lives. But they are expensive.
Gas Tax Repeal Would Be a Disaster, Say Cities
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Cities, counties, and transit agencies say that S.B. 1, for the first time, gives them a reliable funding stream for maintenance and repair.
Bike Fans Increasing in State Capitol
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It never hurts to see more people on bikes, wearing whatever they want, including dress clothes.
Upcoming CARB Workshops: Evaluating Efforts to Plan Communities to Reduce Emissions
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Until now regional planning agencies only had to name some strategies and show the math on why they think those strategies would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.