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Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal, @currymel 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

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Advocates: New Senate Transportation Chair Should Be a Climate Champion

By Melanie Curry | Dec 9, 2020 | No Comments
With the new legislative session, California has opportunities for new leadership that recognizes that transportation policy can be a tool for fighting climate change.
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Transportation Panel Approves Congestion Measures

By Melanie Curry | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments
Concerns were raised about continuing to invest in car infrastructure, but project list was approved anyway. Also: S.B. 1 brings economic development, jobs; Active Transportation Program gets some love; Equity Advisory Roundtable is almost full.
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Op-Ed: Pros and Cons of the California Public Utility Commission Decision to Deploy Automated Vehicles

By Melanie Curry | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments
New regulations bring California a few steps closer to realizing the sustainable, equitable, and safe transition to an automated vehicle future, but there are caveats.
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Op-Ed: It Is Time to Appoint Real Climate Leaders Who Understand Equity and Justice in California

By Melanie Curry | Dec 3, 2020 | No Comments
California needs bold leadership at every level and in every agency to ensure the Governor's visionary Executive Orders become reality.
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Op-Ed: Berkeley’s Outdated Parking Laws Are a Recipe for High Rents and Homelessness

By Melanie Curry | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments
Berkeley's City Council to consider removing minimum parking regulations and requiring unbundling of costs for certain types of homes
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California Must Center Environmental Justice, Advocates Say

By Melanie Curry | Nov 24, 2020 | No Comments
Yes! Magazine offers a short history and explainer for cap-and-trade and its EJ issues
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Ojai Readies a Protected Bike Lane Demonstration on a State Highway

By Melanie Curry | Nov 13, 2020 | No Comments
"Quick-build" methods, while still new, are seeing a lot of interest in California and elsewhere.
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Biden Clean Energy Plan’s Cali Connections

By Melanie Curry | Nov 13, 2020 | No Comments
Policy recommendations advise replicating some of California's best programs, but time is precious.
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What Does it Take to Meet State Climate and Equity Goals?

By Melanie Curry | Nov 7, 2020 | No Comments
California agencies - CARB, CTC, and HCD - come together to find a path towards meeting all kinds of state goals on climate change, environment, justice and equity, and sustainability
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What to Do Today: A Walking Meditation, and Distractions

By Melanie Curry | Nov 3, 2020 | No Comments
While the best time to start a walking meditation practice may have been in 2016, the second-best time is today.
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Agencies Grapple With Racial Equity, Environmental Justice

By Melanie Curry | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments
California Air Resources Board hosts heated exchange over perceived lack of transparency on racial justice statement; other state agencies moving towards learning about dismantling their racist structures
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Op-Ed: Battle over Prop 21 Shows Wall Street Landlords Put Profits Over People

By Melanie Curry | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments
The newest rent control measure would protect small landlords while forcing more accountability on corporate landlords
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