BART Gets $1.2B Grant for Service Expansion; State Rewarded for Readiness with ~$500m
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Federal government announces two pots of federal funding for California transportation
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Transportation Funding
California Doing Okay, Not Bad, on Walkability – But It’s a Low Bar
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The scores are based on metrics like whether the states have policies or offer funding in support of walkability, whether they focus on high-need communities, and whether they do anything to support active schools and neighborhoods.
Report: We Really Need to Divert Money from Drivers to Transit Users
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The federal government needs an entirely different way of funding transportation — one that would finally allocate billions of dollars that currently subsidize and encourage driving to fund and expand transit, a new report argues.
New California Transportation Commissioner Michele Martinez Wants “Everybody at the Table”
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"The CTC has the ability to dream with stakeholders about what the next decade can be like. Now is the time to have these conversations."
Metro Committee Approves $200M Cost Overrun for Purple Line Subway Extension
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Tunneling under the La Brea tar pits area is slow and expensive. The overrun of $200M - a seven percent increase - takes the project budget from $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion.
Why Every City Needs to Learn the Three A’s of Equitable Pedestrian Planning
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Only 40 percent of pedestrian master plans commit to concrete goals to actually reduce equity disparities.