Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Transportation Funding

Governor Brown at the signing ceremony this year for the cap-and-trade extension. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

“We Need to Build More Walkable Cities,” Says Governor Jerry Brown. In Germany.

By Melanie Curry | Dec 5, 2017 | 9 Comments

“That means YOU, on bikes and walking,” Brown told the attendees in Bonn. “There’s more to transportation than cars. We want our cities to make space for walking around.” Yes, exactly!

The GOP's tax overhaul overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest Americans, and it could trigger major spending cuts. Chart: Economic Policy Institute

GOP Tax Cuts Threaten Funding for Transit, Biking, and Walking

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 4, 2017 | No Comments

Congress is on track to trigger spending austerity that will cut programs like New Starts and TIGER.

Caltrans' interactive map of projects funded by S.B. 1, here showing a resurfacing project through Arcadia, Baldwin Park, El Monte, and Irwindale.

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Gas Tax Battle Royale

By Melanie Curry | Nov 6, 2017 | 23 Comments

California's new gas tax is either a boondoggle to line the pockets of politicians, or the beginning of a new, pothole-free day for California roads, depending on perspective. But it's necessary, and it's not even enough money anyway.

Georgia DOT forfeited more than $4 million in federal funds earmarked for biking and walking that could have been used to improve safety on roads like this. Transportation for America/Flickr

Other States Forfeit Federal Funds for Walking and Biking

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 27, 2017 | No Comments

Millions of dollars that should have gone toward building safer sidewalks or bike lanes near schools were instead forfeited by state DOTs that couldn't get their acts together.

Charles "Chuck" Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns. Marohn will be the keynote speaker at Friday's Orange County Active Transportation Forum in Santa Ana. Image: Strong Towns

Q&A: Strong Towns at Today’s Orange County Transportation Forum

By Kristopher Fortin | Sep 22, 2017 | No Comments

An interview with Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns about some of California's most pressing issues around growth and development--as well as some of the promising solutions coming out of Santa Ana.

Kentucky and Indiana just spent $1 billion on a big new bridge over the Ohio River. It's the kind of high-cost, low-benefit infrastructure spending that makes America worse off. Photo via City Observatory

Is Infrastructure Spending Good for the Economy? It’s Complicated.

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 22, 2017 | No Comments

Infrastructure spending produces a net economic benefit for society only if the project benefits exceed the costs.

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