Transportation Funding
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Metro Board to Vote on Greater Flexibility for Highway Funding
This month, the Metro board will consider modernizing Metro highway funding; the proposal would add flexibility to include complete streets features - such as transit, walk, and bike components.
June 8, 2021
Align California’s Budget Surplus with Key Environmental Plans
This is a major opportunity to ensure that California's spending is aligned with several key state plans currently created or being created.
June 7, 2021
Q&A: How California Can ‘Build Back Better’
Our ongoing series will look at how California can build mega projects effectively in the new era
June 7, 2021
The Sustainable Transport Advocate’s Cheat Sheet to Infrastructure Year
Washington is in the thick of negotiating two major infrastructure bills that could reshape American transportation for decades. Here's a primer you can come back to again and again.
June 7, 2021
Opinion: Raise the Gas Tax? Yes, but Fix Transportation Spending First
We can’t keep pumping new money into a broken system and expect a different result.
June 1, 2021
Metro Board Suspended 710 Freeway Widening, Approved: Budget, Fareless, and Bus Rapid Transit
710 widening suspended, Fareless transit pilot approved, $8B FY22 budget approved, and Colorado Blvd route selected for Eagle Rock BRT
May 28, 2021
Not So FAST: Senate Transport Bill Causes Pileup for White House Climate Goals
A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.
May 27, 2021
Busting Some Metro Highway Program FY22 Budget Myths
Yes, there are hundreds of millions' worth of highway widening. No, there aren't any bike lanes. No, these widenings are not what voters approved in Measure M.
May 26, 2021
Governor Newsom Proposes $500M Bump to Active Transportation
It's not the $2B requested by the CA Transportation Commission and advocates, and it's not even near what he proposes for litter cleanup, but it would help
May 14, 2021
E-Bikes Can Save Money, Fuel, and GHGs – And CA Legislature Needs to Take Them Seriously
California is flush with money, but a relatively small program to get people using electric bikes is stuck in the budget process
May 11, 2021
