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.

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Streetsblog California |Promoted

Top Ten California Automated Vehicle Policy Strategies

Our team, at UC Davis and UC Berkeley, has developed a menu of options to set California on a path toward automated vehicle safety, social equity, mobility, and sustainability.

Melanie Curry

September 23, 2021

Streetsblog California |GJEL1

Legislative Update: Big Wins on Traffic Safety

A pile of bills await the Governor's signature, among them some pretty big wins for bicycle and pedestrian safety.

Melanie Curry

September 10, 2021

Streetsblog California |Legislation

Update: E-bike Incentives Are Funded, Policy Bill Will Add Equity Guidelines

$10 million has been set aside in the state budget to help people in California buy e-bikes. An accompanying policy bill, A.B. 117, will contain rules to make sure the money goes to people who need it most.

Melanie Curry

July 9, 2021

Streetsblog California |enforcement

California Won’t Be Getting Speed Enforcement Cameras

A bill that would have permitted cameras for speed enforcement was killed last week.

Melanie Curry

May 25, 2021

Streetsblog California |Affordable Housing

Parking Requirements Are Not a Useful Bargaining Chip for Increasing Affordable Housing

Opponents of A.B. 1401 concede that parking requirements are bad policy, but worry that removing them will undermine affordable housing production. Evidence suggests that's not the case.

Melanie Curry

May 19, 2021

Streetsblog California |Bicycling

A Tragic Story, Used to Oppose Stop-as-Yield Bill on Safety Grounds, May Not Be True

A "safety advocate" rewrote the story of her friend's tragic death and has been using it to bolster for her personal "safety" agenda.

Melanie Curry

May 17, 2021

Streetsblog California |Bicycling

Gov. Newsom Proposes $500M for Active Transport

It's not the $2B requested by the advocates, and it's not even near what he proposes for litter cleanup, but it would help.

Melanie Curry

May 17, 2021

Streetsblog California |GJEL1

Legislative Update: Long-awaited Speed Limit Flexibility Bill Moves Forward

A.B. 43 passed the Assembly Transportation Committee on a 15-0 vote.

Melanie Curry

April 19, 2021

Streetsblog California |GJEL1

Increase Active Transportation Program by $2B? Yes, Please.

"Right now California is in a unique position," with a huge budget surplus, says Commissioner Alvarado. "Let's get a little ahead of this."

Melanie Curry

March 25, 2021

Streetsblog California |GJEL2

High-Speed Rail: It’s Time to Commit

While it was billed as an opportunity to "pause and consider the purpose of the project in the context of meeting the state's mobility needs," the hearing was more a disjointed airing of complaints.

Melanie Curry

March 11, 2021

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