State Capitol Updates
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Legislative Update: Bike Lanes at the Coast, VMT in Rural Areas
Are VMT measures hurting rural areas? Or do they give us a better idea of which projects are sprawl projects?
June 10, 2024
Legislature Rejects Governor’s Proposed Cuts to Active Transportation, Intercity Rail
A quick review of what the legislature wants in the transportation budget
May 30, 2024
Legislative Update: Bike-Friendly Bills at the Midpoint
The team at the California Bicycle Coalition tracks bills that affect active transportation.
May 29, 2024
How Bad Is Newsom’s Proposed Cut to the Active Transportation Program? Awful.
It would have zeroed out the entirety of Cycle 7 - but the legislature has rejected the cuts.
May 29, 2024
Active Transportation Program Cut Because Administration Wants to Prioritize Highways
The Newsom administration wants to cut the ATP because Caltrans is tired of having its state highway funding tapped.
May 15, 2024
Governor Announces “May Revise” Budget Proposal
Active Transportation Program is gutted - unnecessarily
May 10, 2024
California Leaders Celebrate Ten Years of Climate Action
Air Resources Board report highlights progress funded by the California Cap-and-Trade Program
May 8, 2024
Sudden State Funding Freeze Leaves Transit Agencies Hanging
Transit agencies were caught off guard by a 60-day funding freeze announced on the day they were expecting the allocations
May 3, 2024
Bill to Require Speed Control in Vehicles Goes Limp
Also passed yesterday were the Complete Streets bill, a bill on Bay Area transit funding, and a prohibition on state funding for Class III bikeways.
April 24, 2024
Legislators Tackle AV, School Zone Safety
Are AVs freight trucks ready to be deployed on California roads with no one in them?
April 17, 2024