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Active Transportation Program: Cycle 6 Staff Recommendations Released
High scores, 434 application requesting $3.1 billion. So far, 93 projects recommended, for about $1 billion.
October 20, 2022
High-Speed Rail Sustainability Report 2022 Released
Too bad the station renderings show such car-centric places
October 19, 2022
Local Ballot Measures: Sales Taxes for Transportation Are Tricky
Local sales tax measures are increasingly tapped as a source for highway widenings, and they're getting tricky about it
October 18, 2022
Recap of California Transportation Commission Meeting: Equity, Climate Are Major Topics
Instead of discussions centered on highway expansions and where to get the money for them, the Commission is engaging with climate, environmental, and equity concerns arising out of the state's transportation system.
October 14, 2022
How Should California Spend Money from Cap-and-Trade?
The California Air Resources Board is seeking public input on prioritizing climate spending. What are your ideas? Weigh in! You know that others - including profit-focused businesses - are putting in their two cents. Deadline is this Friday, October 14.
October 11, 2022
California Plan to Ensure Transportation Dollars are Invested in Climate-Friendly Ways: First Annual Report
In first year of putting plan into place, a "lot of progress." Also, a lot more work to be done
October 6, 2022
Emergency Work to Stabilize Cliffs Above SoCal Railroad Tracks Will Take Months
Amtrak, Metrolink, and freight operations from Laguna Niguel to Oceanside are suspended meanwhile. A permanent solution is years away.
October 4, 2022
Last Legislative Update: What Bills Were Signed, Vetoed, or Never Got that Far
A final update on the 2021-22 California Legislative Session: Final outcome on bills on bicycle and pedestrian safety, public transit, and climate including a recap of some of the ones that never got to the governor.
October 3, 2022
Newsom Vetoes Bill to Align Transportation Funding with Climate Goals
Assemblymember Laura Friedman's A.B. 2438 would have required California's transportation funding programs to incorporate strategies from the state's Climate Action Plan for Transportation Investment.
September 30, 2022
Legislative Update: No Tax Credit for Living Car-light and Other Newsom Vetoes
No permanent e-bike incentive program, either. But cities and counties will be required to incorporate Safe Systems Approaches - bike and pedestrian safety - into their traffic circulation plans on a somewhat accelerated schedule.
September 29, 2022