Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Transportation Funding

710 Freeway - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor

By Melanie Curry | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

The bill would prohibit Caltrans from using state resources on any project, or on permitting any project, that does not meet certain criteria measured by the California Healthy Places Index.

Clarification on Governor’s Proposal for Active Transportation, High-Speed Rail

By Melanie Curry | May 16, 2022 | No Comments

Newsom IS proposing $1 billion for the ATP, and releasing Prop 1A bonds for HSR

Governor Doubles Down on Money for Car Owners in Revised Budget Proposal

By Melanie Curry | May 13, 2022 | No Comments

A huge surplus, relief for car owners, and peanuts for the best form of climate action available: active transportation

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Overview of L.A. Metro’s Proposed Budget

By Joe Linton | May 12, 2022 | No Comments

Metro's $8.8 billion FY22-23 budget includes transit service hours returning to pre-COVID levels, but so did the FY21-22 budget. Metro is also increasing annual funding for freeway expansion, while decreasing annual funding for transit expansion.

This vacant land, viewed from Norwalk's Silverbow Avenue pedestrian overpass, was more than a dozen homes. Metro and Caltrans have demolished hundreds of homes for their South 5 Freeway widening project. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Does the Building Trades Council Really Believe Freeways Are More Important than Homes?

By Melanie Curry and Joe Linton | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

Labor is prioritizing a few hours of labor over people's lives, and homes.

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International Climate Report Demands ‘Systemic’ Changes to Transportation and Urban Planning

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments

Simply replacing gasoline with batteries won't be enough: cities must also dramatically curtail the use of automobiles and build more walkable neighborhoods to avoid "locking in" future emissions by building more car-dependent infrastructure.

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