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
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.
Bad News on Equity in Taxis, Parking, Transit
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The new issue of Transfers Magazine contains research that can be depressing.
Report: Air Quality in U.S. Is Getting Worse
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Researchers found evidence that increased use of natural gas and vehicle fuels are contributing to worsening air quality. Wildfires are a factor, but don't explain the increase.
Time’s Up: Californians Must Drive Less
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Even with all the policies on cleaner fuels, increases in driving are increasing emissions
EPA’s Catch-22: Bad Air = No Highway Money
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It's true that the state's planning for meeting Clean Air Act targets needs to improve, but does this EPA care about that?
Gov. Newsom Appoints Tamika Butler to Top Post
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Also, the California State Transportation Agency is ordered to direct investments towards decreasing fuel consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Bikes, Scooters Could Replace So Many Car Trips
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Almost half of all car trips in U.S. cities are three miles long or less. That little nugget of information has long been understood, hinted at by U.S. Census surveys, but now a transportation data company has confirmed and expanded on it. INRIX Research constantly collects anonymous travel data from a wide variety of sources. […]
Federal unSAFE Rollbacks Would Have Dire Consequences for Air Quality
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The federal proposal poses some very serious problems; litigation might delay them, but few want to talk about other solutions
New Tool Makes it Easy to Estimate Added Travel from New Highway Lanes–in California
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Research on California highways shows that adding highway lanes induces more travel; this tool shows how much, on which roads, where.
Sacramento City Council Passes a Citywide TOD Ordinance
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City removes required parking minimums and restricts car-oriented uses near its light rail stations.
Lawsuit Aims to Destroy E-Scooter Companies
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A class action lawsuit charges them with "gross negligence," being a public nuisance, and "aiding and abetting" assault.
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.