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The Greenlining Institute's Mobility Equity Framework offers this tool for analyzing the true impacts of transportation investment decisions.

How to Decide, Fairly, Which Transportation Investments Are the Best Ones

By Melanie Curry | Mar 28, 2018 | 5 Comments

The Greenlining Institute, an Oakland-based nonprofit, released a report today describing a three-step framework that can be used to help communities figure out which transportation investments best serve their needs.

San Joaquin Council of Governments funded 21 projects throughout the county to improve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, including adding bicycle lanes to Yosemite Avenue in Manteca. Photo of Yosemite Avenue Alternative 2 courtesy of City of Manteca.

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San Joaquin County Bike, Ped Projects Get Money from Local Sales Tax Measure

By Minerva Perez | Mar 26, 2018 | 1 Comment

SJCOG awarded funds for 21 projects in San Joaquin County, including off-street bike paths, on-street bike lanes, signaled bike routes, cycletracks, sidewalks, crosswalks, pedestrian crossing beacons, and several studies.

If it passes the Senate, the House spending package will increase funding for transit expansion projects. Photo: King County

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Transit Fares Surprisingly Well in House Spending Bill

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 23, 2018

With some hard-right House Republicans refusing to support the package, Democrats were able to secure a few spending priorities.

TIGER funds will help build Nebraska's Lincoln South Beltway, including this interchange. Graphic: Nebraska DOT

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TIGER Is Trump’s Program Now: Most Grants Go to Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 15, 2018

The full list of new TIGER grant awards looks a lot worse than the early announcements suggested.

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Metro Detroit’s Highway Fixation Explains Why Our Infrastructure Is Broken

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 14, 2018

Only 20 percent of the region's highways are in good condition. And yet the regional transportation agency is planning $4 billion in highway widenings.

Union City wants to build a three-mile, $320 million highway connector with 3 bridges and several grade separations between two crowded highways and past a BART station. Image from East West Connector Fact Sheet

Union City Votes to Divert Sales Tax Funds from Transit, Bike/Ped to New 4-Lane Highway

By Melanie Curry | Mar 2, 2018 | 6 Comments

Ignoring constituents, Union City's city council voted unanimously to divert $163 million to build a new four-lane, three-mile $320 million highway connector

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