Daniel Burke The California Transportation Commission in December and January awarded grants totaling $111 million for projects that promote bicycling and walking through the Active Transportation Program. The Commission took these steps because of funding made available through the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, or Senate Bill 1……… Read more of this article published in … Read more SB 1 Benefits Flowing to Local Projects
Effective March 9, 2018, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) made updates to the 2014 California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA MUTCD). These updates, referred to as Revision 3 (Rev 3), provide uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices in California. This action was taken pursuant to the provisions of … Read more Revision 3 to 2014 CA MUTCD
Technical Assistance Opportunity California Climate Investments Active Transportation Program Pilot Technical Assistance (Pilot CCI ATP TA) Free assistance for disadvantaged and/or low-income communities interested in applying for funds from the state’s Active Transportation Program (ATP) and other related California Climate Investments (CCI) programs is now available! This assistance is administered through the Strategic Growth Council … Read more No-cost Technical Assistance for the Active Transportation Program
Office Bulletin (OB) 18-01 has been published to revise Office Bulletin 16-02, which established a procedure to identify a Period of Performance End Date (PPED), to establish when the Period of Performance ends, and an Agreement End Date (AED) to define when the project would close in the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Fiscal Management Information … Read more Policy Update: OB 18-01 Period of Performance Change
Join the Active Transportation Resource Center (ATRC), in collaboration with Caltrans, for a new training course on Bicycle Transportation: An Introduction to Planning and Design. This hands-on course challenges you to explore the tools used to assess and evaluate the suitability of a transportation route and facilitate its use by all types of bicyclists. Participants … Read more Course on Bicycle Transportation: An Introduction to Planning and Design
Read the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) recently published white paper on Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience. The white paper briefly describes the current state of practice regarding the use of natural and nature-based features to protect coastal roads from flooding. It provides an overview of available tools for design, implementation challenges, and knowledge gaps. Nature-based features … Read more FHWA Publishes White Paper on Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience