Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Transportation Funding

Union City wants to build a three-mile, $320 million highway connector with 3 bridges and several grade separations between two crowded highways and past a BART station. Image from East West Connector Fact Sheet

Union City Votes to Divert Sales Tax Funds from Transit, Bike/Ped to New 4-Lane Highway

By Melanie Curry | Mar 2, 2018 | 6 Comments

Ignoring constituents, Union City's city council voted unanimously to divert $163 million to build a new four-lane, three-mile $320 million highway connector

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, shown here announcing a $9 billion toll road expansion program, is not an environmental hero. Photo: Maryland Department of Transportation/Twitter

The Environmentalist Blind Spot on Transportation

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 23, 2018 | No Comments

Cheering for a few more electric cars while highway sprawl continues unabated is not going to solve the climate crisis.

America’s Stunted National Debate About Infrastructure

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 20, 2018 | No Comments

Supporting "infrastructure spending" in all its vagueness is not good enough. We need to talk about what we want to build.

Metro staff are recommending a $6 billion widening project for much of the lower 710 Freeway. The top image is the existing ("no-build") configuration. Alternative 5C would add two new general purpose lanes to most of the 710 Freeway between Long Beach and the City of Commerce. Image via Metro staff report

L.A. Metro Board to Vote on $6 Billion 710 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | Feb 14, 2018 | No Comments

It is difficult to believe that, in the 21st Century, Caltrans and Metro are still seeking to spend billions widening a highway in order "to improve air quality, mobility, and quality of life."

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Just Another Con

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 13, 2018 | No Comments

The White House outline does nothing to reform a half-century of highway-centric federal policy that has left America choking on traffic.

Analysis of transportation funding proposed by Governor Brown. From the LAO

Legislative Analyst Office Recommends Changes to Gov. Brown’s Proposed Transportation Budget

By Melanie Curry | Feb 9, 2018 | No Comments

The LAO recommends focusing highway money on maintenance, not major upgrades, because of economic reasons. But there are other reasons to stop investing in highway capacity projects.

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