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Metro Board Votes to Kill 710 North Freeway Tunnel
This morning the Metro board of directors voted to approve a motion that effectively kills the $6 billion 710 North freeway tunnel project and redirects its funds to soundwalls, resurfacing, transit, signals, and bicycle and pedestrian improvements.
May 26, 2017
Vision-less L.A. City Budget Committee Turns Its Back On Vision Zero Funding
This Thursday the Los Angeles City Council could approve a fiscal year 2017-18 budget that includes no funding specifically for Vision Zero.
May 16, 2017
Only Six Cities Are Worthy of Rail Funding, Manhattan Institute Scholar Decrees
A new report from Manhattan Institute senior fellow Aaron Renn argues that the federal government should stop supporting new rail lines in cities across the country.
May 5, 2017
House and Senate Decline Trump’s Request to Gut Transit Funding, For Now
Yesterday, Congress came out with a funding package that keeps the government operating until the end of September. Officially, it's known as the omnibus appropriations package for fiscal year 2017. Unofficially, it's a Republican Congress ignoring the wishes of President Donald J. Trump, and for transit projects around the country, it's what amounts to good news these days.
May 2, 2017
Report: Raising the Gas Tax Is Not Enough
S.B.1's gas tax increase was smart, welcome and overdue. Ultimately though, the gas tax alone is not the right long-term solution for funding California transportation.
May 1, 2017
Projects Throughout CA Awarded Sustainable Transportation Planning Grants
Caltrans just awarded $9.3 million in Sustainable Transportation Planning Grants to 41 projects, including complete streets plans, studies of connections for bicycle, pedestrian, and transit travel, and community engagement. Over 132 projects applied for the grants.
April 25, 2017
Transportation Funding Bill Passes with Closed-Door Deals and Public Posturing
All afternoon the Senate and Assembly had hosted “debates” on the bill, but those served mainly as an opportunity for grandstanding. Most minds had been made up, and the real negotiations, to convince the few undecided votes, was going on behind closed doors.
April 7, 2017
The Elephant in the Room
Transportation engineer Ian Lockwood is not only a leading voice within the profession for safer, multi-modal streets, he's also an amateur cartoonist known for skewering the absurdity in the modern transportation industry. Streetsblog is pleased to announce that we'll be featuring a new cartoon from Ian every month.
April 6, 2017
What’s in the Gas-Tax-Raising Transportation Funding Bill?
There are a lot of good things in S.B. 1, including raising gas taxes to better reflect how much wear and tear vehicles actually impose on California roads. But then there's that dirty truck amendment.
April 5, 2017
After Years of Inaction, a Rush to Approve CA Transportation Funding Bill
A fix to a late amendment wasn't enough for environmental justice advocates, and the Republicans--well, their support is irrelevant. But the rush to pass S.B. 1 is hampering what could be a very good transportation funding bill.
April 4, 2017
