Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Transportation Funding

Falling Gas Tax Revenue Leads to Slash in State Transportation Money

By Damien Newton | Jan 25, 2016 | 3 Comments

The timing seems less than coincidental, announcing a cut in transportation funding days after announcing a pilot program to study road users’ fees–but the message is just as stark. The State of California is running out of money to fund transportation. Last week, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) slashed its own estimates of what the gas tax […]

PIRG: L.A.’s Proposed Freight Highway Tunnel Among Country’s Worst Projects

By Damien Newton | Jan 20, 2016 | 4 Comments

Yesterday, the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a national non-profit with state chapters throughout the country, released a report detailing the “12 biggest highway boondoggles” under study in the country. Not surprisingly, a California highway project made the list, the I-710 Tunnel Project in Los Angeles County. PIRG explains the project. San Gabriel Valley Route […]

SGC Awards More Affordable Housing Funds and Updates Guidelines

By Melanie Curry | Dec 18, 2015 | 1 Comment

The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) agreed yesterday to award funding to eight projects that had been left out of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities awards earlier this year. The projects had all applied for funding under the AHSC program, and had all received high scores, but limited funding and a requirement that […]

Yes, CA Roads Are in Bad Shape. And the Solution Is. . .

By Melanie Curry | Nov 25, 2015 | 1 Comment

The California Alliance for Jobs has put out another charming video showing the bad condition of California roads. A jazzy, slightly ominous musical riff accompanies shot after shot of broken, crumbling pavement in various towns throughout the state. The first thing that comes to mind may well be: whoa, I’ve seen worse. Usefully, the video […]

TIGER Restored, Transit Expansion Funds Cut in 2016 Spending Bill

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 23, 2015 | No Comments

As the House and the Senate get to work on hashing out a multi-year transportation bill in conference committee, Congress is also putting together its annual spending package for transportation. The annual bill decides the fate of several discretionary programs, and earlier this year it looked like US DOT’s TIGER grants, which tend to fund […]

Just How Bad Is the Final House Transportation Bill?

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 5, 2015 | No Comments

Nobody was expecting the GOP-controlled House of Representatives to put together a transportation bill that did much for streets and transit in American cities. And they were right — there’s nothing to get excited about in the bill. But neither is it the total disaster for walking, biking, and transit it could have been. So […]

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