Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Transportation Funding

VTA Measure B’s Bloated Highway Expansions Leave Transit Unfunded

By Andrew Boone | Oct 25, 2016 | No Comments

This article is part of Streetsblog’s coverage of transportation sales tax measures throughout the state. There are a total of fourteen such initiatives on the November ballot, including Measure M in Los Angeles, Measures V and L in Merced and Stanislaus counties, Sacramento’s Measure B, and Contra Costa’s Measure X. We have also covered other Bay […]

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Local Sales Taxes for Transportation on Merced, Stanislaus County Ballots

By Minerva Perez | Oct 3, 2016 | 2 Comments

One thing everyone seems to agree on: California’s transportation system needs fixing. On exactly what to fix and how to get money to do so, however, it is not so easy to find common ground. The latest proposal from the state legislature is hanging in the balance, and there may or may not be a […]

Op-Ed: Time to Enact a Practical Transportation Funding Plan

By Art Hadnett | Aug 29, 2016 | 11 Comments

In response to our recent story about legislative efforts to find a compromise on transportation funding, Streetsblog received the following post from Art Hadnett, president of HNTB’s West Division. HNTB is a national architecture, engineering, planning, and construction firm. Its first California project was Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco Bridge in 1914, and since then the firm […]

New Transportation Funding Plan: A Hot Mess, With Some Active Transp $

By Melanie Curry | Aug 25, 2016 | 1 Comment

After several weeks of rumors, legislative leaders of the Special Session on Transportation and Infrastructure have released their proposal for a funding plan that shows how much compromise it can take to get an agreement. The bill, S.B. X1-1 and A.B. X1-26, is co-authored by Senator Jim Beall (D-Campbell) and Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Oakley), the […]

Budget Busting Interchange Expansions on Track Despite State Funding Cuts

By Andrew Boone | Aug 15, 2016 | No Comments

Desperate to keep expanding San Mateo County’s highways for more auto traffic, the Transportation Authority (SMCTA)’s Board of Directors voted last week to advance $16.3 million in local highway funds to avoid delaying the construction of two major interchange reconstruction projects. County highway planners were counting on this year’s State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) to […]

Why You Should Care About Statewide Transportation Plan Guidelines

By Melanie Curry | Aug 5, 2016 | 1 Comment

Today is the deadline for commenting on California’s draft Regional Transportation Plan guidelines. Why should you care about some wonky planning process? Because funding. Wait, no: Because there are no good transit options near you. Because you don’t dare ride a bike because you have to ride on or cross streets packed with speeding, careless […]

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