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
TransForm: California Needs More Housing, It Needs to Be Near Transit, and It Must Be Affordable
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Upzoning is necessary, but doing it without adequate anti-displacement and affordability requirements puts upward pressure on areas near transit, creating a whole cascade of unwanted effects.
Senate Transportation Vice-Chair Says Active Transportation Projects Increase Emissions
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Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel), vice chair of the state Senate Transportation Committee, doesn't seem to understand what active transportation projects are, who they benefit, or why California is investing in them
Bill to Reform How Speed Limits are Set
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A.B. 2121 is a very small first step toward reforming California's absurd speed limit laws
Report: Change the Way Speed Limits Are Set
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The "85th Percentile Rule" relies on outdated assumptions and needs to be fixed
Assembly Appointee to the California Transportation Commission Has Clean Air Experience
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New Commissioner Joseph Lyou is president and CEO of Coalition for Clean Air as well as a former member of South Coast AQMD
Dangerous by Design 2020: California, Like Most States, Is Not Improving Safety
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California set targets to INCREASE deaths and injuries of the most vulnerable users of its road system
Advocate Resigns from California Transportation Commission
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It looked like there might finally be a commissioner to articulate the challenges of people living in poor and underserved communities
Wiener Reintroduces Housing-Transit Bill; Some Advocates Shout Him Down
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Senator Scott Wiener reintroduced his ambitious bill to increase housing near transit
Legislators Announce a California Green New Deal
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The authors called it a "new California compact for a better, greener life for all."
DMV to Allow Testing of Autonomous “Light-Duty” Trucks on CA Roads
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By their reckoning, "light-duty" means anything up to 10,000 pounds. Five tons. No one behind the wheel. Delivering pizza.
Air Quality Board Member Rides a Bike to Meeting. Why Is this Newsworthy?
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Or, put another way: why don't more public agency directors and staff, especially those working on climate and air quality issues, use - or encourage - active transportation?
City of Sacramento Adopts a Complete Streets Policy
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Sacramento's Complete Streets policy aims to be a model for other California cities to emulate - especially since Caltrans keeps opposing one for itself.