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

Tiger Woods’s Crash Was No ‘Accident’

When a popular celebrity crashes his car, it could bring needed attention to a safety problem. But is it the right kind of attention?

Melanie Curry

February 25, 2021

Streetsblog San Francisco |Housing

Berkeley’s Move Towards Eliminating Single-Family Zoning

The legacy of exclusionary zoning is that it deprived certain communities the luxury of stability and wealth accumulation, which has left them more vulnerable to displacement as their neighborhoods become more attractive and accessible to wealthier outsiders.

Melanie Curry

February 24, 2021

Streetsblog California |Bicycling

Bay Area Begins to Roll Out E-Bike Incentives Under Clean Cars 4 All

Income- and zip-code qualifying households in the Bay Area can exchange an old gas guzzler for an electric cargo bike, or several e-bikes and transit passes; other regions will also eventually launch their programs

Melanie Curry

February 18, 2021

Streetsblog California |GJEL3

CA Bill Would Ban New Fracking Permits and Phase Out the Practice

It also takes up the unfinished arguments around the state about buffers around active oil wells near homes and schools

Melanie Curry

February 17, 2021

Streetsblog California |Promoted

Give Biking, Walking, and Transit a Fair Share of Federal Transportation Funding

CalBike wants you to sign a petition asking Congress to put people before cars

Melanie Curry

February 4, 2021

Streetsblog California |Promoted

Did Governor Newsom Forget About Transit Workers in Vaccine Rollout?

Until yesterday, transit workers were recognized as essential workers who should be prioritized for vaccinations against COVID. Then state plans changed, and transit workers are left wondering why they've been left out.

Melanie Curry

January 26, 2021

Streetsblog California |GJEL3

New NHTSA Head Was at Center of Pollution Fight

It's a strategic move that sends the unequivocal message that the new President is committed to incorporating environmental concerns in every corner of federal policy making.

Melanie Curry

January 22, 2021