What Are California’s Real Priorities?
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Everyone agrees that transportation investment is needed. But the talk is too much about how to get the money, not enough on how best to spend the money.
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California’s Infrastructure Priorities Are for the Cars
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Governor Jerry Brown responded to President Trump's call for a list of infrastructure priorities with a list of highway expansions, with a dollop of transit and one urgent waterway.
Bill Would Require Caltrans to Actually Follow Its Own Complete Streets Guidelines
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Caltrans already has a “Complete Streets Program.” But the department too often makes moving vehicles a priority over safe and attractive infrastructure for people not sitting in a car.
CA Transportation Funding Bill Passes its First Committee Hearing
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The urgency has only increased since last year, but the only thing all participants seem to agree on is that something needs to be done.
Democrats Can’t Fight Trump and Make a Deal on Infrastructure at the Same Time
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Chuck Schumer says he will "claw, scrap, and fight with every fiber of my being" to overturn Donald Trump's executive order preventing refugees and residents of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country. If that's the case, Schumer should abandon his strategy of dealmaking with Trump on a big infrastructure bill.
Transit Overflow from the Women’s March Demonstrates Need for Better Transit
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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. While there were many […]