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
CTC Approves SHOPP, Including Funding Specifically for Complete Streets
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Caltrans requested $100 million "reservation" in SHOPP for Complete Streets, and got $42m plus a commitment to approve the rest next month
Bicycle Deliveries, Feeding Families, Creating Resilience: A Perfect Combination
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Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition volunteers team up with urban agriculture nonprofit Valley Verde to deliver seedlings by bicycle to low-income families.
Assembly Returns; Transportation Committee Takes on High-Speed Rail, Relief for Parking Debt
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Rather than focus on fallout from COVID-19, the Assembly Transportation Committee was bent on reining in the High-Speed Rail Authority
Rich City Rides Shows How to Take Care of Your Community
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The bike/skate shop/community space hosts a youth-led Bike Club, whose members have been helping the school district pack and distribute meals to students who can't access them because school is not in session.
CTC: Active Transportation Program Application Deadlines Delayed, More Actions
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Three months' delay for 2021 program. Exception for quick-build pilot, which will delay deadlines for one month. Other transportation funding deadlines also delayed
San Diego Study: Transit Remains Essential for Essential Workers
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Circulate San Diego used census data to determine that many of the people still riding transit are going to and from jobs deemed "essential" under stay-at-home rules
MTC Votes on Federal Relief Allocation: No Set Aside for Worker, Rider Protections
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Advocates had asked the commission to set aside five percent of the money to provide COVID-19 protective equipment and sanitation for transit workers and riders. The commissioners demurred, saying they didn't want to micromanage the transit agencies.
California Prepares to Shift Planning Focus from Car Delay to Induced Travel
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Starting July 1, the California Environmental Quality Act will require projects in California to account for how many new miles of automobile travel they produce, rather than how much they delay cars
Fewer Crashes in the Time of COVID
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"The Governor’s shelter-in-place order may have provided unexpected reductions in injuries and harm from traffic accidents."
Bike Advocacy Organizations Move Bike Classes Online: Bike-Friendly Driver Training Tonight
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Bike East Bay and other organizations are maintaining their mission to educate people
Study: Highway Pollution Exposure Could Be Linked to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates
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A new nationwide study suggests that people living in neighborhoods with higher levels of fine particulate air pollution are more likely to die from COVID-19 infection than patients who live in areas with cleaner air.
Cesar Chavez Day: Honoring Those Who Feed Us, Even Through a Pandemic
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Respect and gratitude to the farmworkers of California.