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
Legislative Update: Deadlines under COVID Pressures
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Streetsblog California is tracking some of the bills. Here are some that are still alive - that is, they have passed the Appropriations Committees and are moving on to a floor vote - as well as some that have died.
Representation on the California Transportation Commission Is Shifting
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Michele Martinez, a staunch advocate of active transportation, transit, and community development, has been appointed to the CTC. Hilary Norton, ditto, was elected chair of the commission.
Caltrans 2020 Grants for Low Carbon Transit Operations
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A few weeks ago, Caltrans announced $146 million in grants for 166 local transit projects, including free or reduced fares, new or expanded services, zero-emission vehicles, and improving transit stops.
Washing Their Hands of Responsibility, CA Judicial Council Votes to End COVID Eviction Moratorium
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Protections set to expire on September 1. The nightmare scenario of mass evictions is apparently not the Judicial Council's problem.
Help Transit Survive the Pandemic
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Call or email your Congressional representative; add your organization to a letter asking for help; sign a petition to keep transit operators safe
Defund Traffic Police To Make Streets Safer
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What the "Defund the Police" movement means for bicycling
What Benefits Telecommuting May Bring Are Still Very Much Unknown
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Guesswork drives most of the speculation about what it might mean if more people work from home
Legislative Update: Housing Bills Still in Play
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The bills address, generally, tenant protections, homelessness prevention and shelter, and encouraging more housing, sometimes by limiting restrictions local jurisdictions can apply.
SoCal City Squirms Around Environmental Laws
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Moreno Valley to buy its way out of reducing emissions from proposed megawarehouse
Two Reports Offer Recommendations for Preserving Transit
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Why do we think about transit as something that needs to prove its worth, that must show full buses and lots of riders, before we're willing to invest in it? It makes more sense to acknowledge that public transit benefits everyone, riders or not, and that everyone should support it, both financially as well as through policies and priorities.
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition’s 2020 Bike Summit to Be Held Online
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Agenda for August 6-7 event includes two days of discussion and a virtual bike tour of Palo Alto
CA Transit Association Asks for Help to Stave Off Transit Collapse
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Steep drops in ridership and the elimination of fare payments have caused huge revenue losses, but the need to keep operating buses and trains to get essential workers to their jobs did not diminish.