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
The Futile Fight Over Traffic
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UCLA paper describes century-long efforts to quell, redirect, and control the problems that come with congestion - and the very little success achieved
California Transportation Plan 2050: Comments Due Soon
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The plan addresses equity and displacement, but stops short of saying what the last plan made clear: California has to stop building for car drivers
Another California Executive Order: Conserve Lands, Align Policies to Fight Climate Change
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Advocates applaud the order, but how does it fit with ongoing efforts to widen freeways and drill more oil wells?
Building Community Capacity Means Expanding, Connecting Current Neighborhood-Level Efforts
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Current local disaster relief efforts are piecemeal, ad-hoc, and disjointed - and the state should invest in strenthening them
To Get People Using Clean Transportation, First Know What They Need
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And that means asking the right questions of the right people. California's Clean Mobility Options program requires grant recipients to do so, and has created a pilot program to supporting those efforts
Governor Signs Housing, Sustainable Transportation Bills
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But he vetoes a bill declaring housing as a human right, inconsistent with his willingness to set aspirational goals in other areas (such as electric vehicle mandates)
Bike to Whereever Day
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Events like these are a fabulous way of both celebrating the hard-fought changes we have seen and of reminding everyone why better bike facilities are important and necessary.
Bold Action Is Needed; This Executive Order Is Not That
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Governor Newsom's executive order calling for cleaner transportation only hints at the most important way to reduce transportation emissions and make life in California better: by encouraging and supporting walking, biking, and transit.
Governor Newsom’s Executive Order: No New Fossil-Fuel Vehicles in California by 2035
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Order focuses on transportation and fossil fuel industry emissions. It doesn't go far enough, some say
Active Transportation Program Quick-Build Project Recommendations Released
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Eight projects recommended; CTC to decide on final list in December
BART Gets $1.2 Billion from Feds
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Federal government announces two pots of federal funding for California transportation
California Doing Okay, Not Bad, on Walkability – But It’s a Low Bar
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The scores are based on metrics like whether the states have policies or offer funding in support of walkability, whether they focus on high-need communities, and whether they do anything to support active schools and neighborhoods.