Transportation Funding
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Transit Overflow from the Women’s March Demonstrates Need for Better Transit
This weekend's Women's March was an unparalleled event in United States history, with over three million people taking to the streets in cities and towns across the country. Timed to coincide with the inauguration weekend of America's 45th President, the event captured the attention and imagination of people throughout the world.
January 24, 2017
Op-Ed: CA Is Ready to Invest Seriously in Transportation; Let’s Do it Efficiently
California is in the midst discussions about how to raise money to "fix our roads." Ananth Prasad, senior vice president for HNTB corporation, has some suggestions about how best to spend any revenue raised.
January 17, 2017
Brown Proposes $1 Billion for Active Transportation Program over Ten Years
In the first step of the budget process for 2017-2018, Governor Brown proposed a budget that shows fiscal restraint--and includes money for the Active Transportation Program.
January 11, 2017
More States Are Looting Federal Funds for Walking and Biking
A growing number of states are opting to take federal money earmarked for walking and biking projects and spend it on roads instead, reports Margo Pedroso of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership.
January 9, 2017
CA Transportation Funding Proposal Does Not Yet Support Climate Policies
Time is running out to find a solution for transportation funding in this legislative session. The latest proposal seems to include something for everyone, in an attempt to forge an agreement--but it falls short when it comes to California's climate goals.
November 16, 2016
Election? Oh, Right. We Also Voted on Transportation Taxes in California
There is some good election news today, believe it or not. Some of the transportation sales tax measures we've been writing about ad nauseum look like they will pass, even with some mail-in ballots still to be counted. The vote counts listed below are from the local county election sites, most of which were updated late last night.
November 9, 2016
Recap: California Transportation Sales Taxes on Today’s Ballot
Among the many important issues to be decided in today's election are a whole bunch of transportation funding measures. We have already covered many of them at Streetsblog, and there's a quick summary of them at Streetsblog USA.
November 8, 2016
VTA Measure B’s Bloated Highway Expansions Leave Transit Unfunded
This article is part of Streetsblog's coverage of transportation sales tax measures throughout the state. There are a total of fourteen such initiatives on the November ballot, including Measure M in Los Angeles, Measures V and L in Merced and Stanislaus counties, Sacramento's Measure B, and Contra Costa's Measure X. We have also covered other Bay Area transit and infrastructure bonds including Measure RR/The BART bond, San Francisco Measures J & K and Prop. E, and Oakland's Measure KK.
October 25, 2016
Local Sales Taxes for Transportation on Merced, Stanislaus County Ballots
One thing everyone seems to agree on: California's transportation system needs fixing. On exactly what to fix and how to get money to do so, however, it is not so easy to find common ground.
October 3, 2016
Op-Ed: Time to Enact a Practical Transportation Funding Plan
In response to our recent story about legislative efforts to find a compromise on transportation funding, Streetsblog received the following post from Art Hadnett, president of HNTB’s West Division.
August 29, 2016