San Francisco’s Prop A on November’s ballot has the primary goal to reduce the number of cars and car lanes. San Francisco is willing to spend $500 million, in its tiny 9 mile by 9 mile area, to add bike lanes, improve CalTrain down the peninsula, update traffic signals to move buses more expeditiously, and improve pedistrian paths. [SFGate and SF Chronicle]
Category Archives: funding
Breitbart: No Toll Road
A proposed new toll road in North Texas by the Texas Turnpike Corporation has garnered the attention of activists. Lots of activists.
A public forum was shut down by the Fire Marshall. The next public forum included heated and vocal opposition. Last week there was an organized protest by Texas TURF. And now Breitbart, the same organization for which Michael Quinn Sullivan writes, posted in opposition to the toll road.
Besides the disdain for toll roads, the proposed North …
Prop1 Joined by Local Transportation Propositions on November Ballot
The statewide Prop. 1 for $1 billion in additional funding for state transportation projects will be joined on the November ballot by local transportation funding propositions. Austin has a $1 billion funding package of its own to expand roads and additional rail. [KUT]
Gas Tax Primer with pictures in 2 pages
Tax policy can be complicated to explain and hard to depict with graphics. The good folks at the Transportation Research Center at Texas A&M have solved this dilemna for us. They have an easy to follow graphic on the gas tax and all state highway funding. It’s beautifully executed. [Transportation Policy Research Center at Texas A&M]
Animated Transportation Funding
There are animated speakers who talk about the need for increased transportation funding and then there are animated depictions of transportation funding. This is the latter. The Texas A&M Transportation Policy Research Center animates Prop 1. [Transportation Policy Research Center]
Prop 1: Rainy Day Road Relief
Community Impact Papers have a fantastic headline, Rainy Day Road Relief, even if revenue types would question the veracity of the headline. Back in the summer of 2013, Texas Legislature passed SJR 1 to add $1 billion in transportation funding which diverts a portion of the oil and gas revenues before the revenues reach the Rainy Day Fund. [Community Impact]
Posted in2013 Legislation, funding, roads
Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Addkisson supports indexing the gas tax. He points to the Governor’s Business Council which said that a 10 cent per gallon increase could make up the $60-90 Billion deficit in Texas transportation funding. He goes on to say that local governments are contributing millions in upfront funding to cover TXDOT transportation projects. [My SA]<... Texas recevied $48.6 billion in federal funds for fiscal year 2013. Texas complied with federal rules when it spent the $2.6 billion in funds from the federal highway planning cluster programs audited. [SAO] Every expo has its day. The days October 12-15 this year are the days for the APTA transportation expo. [APTA] In the summer of 2013 the Texas Legislature was busy with three back to back special sessions. The final special session brought us SJR 1 and HB 1 which begins the process of solving Texas transportation funding structure. Legislative voyeurs are concerned about diversions in transportation funding. Transportation funding has been used to fund everything from education to law enforcement. [SJR 1 (2013…Bexar Co. commissioner Supports Gas Tax
Refresher: SAO Report on Federal Highway Planning
Houston Metro Hosting Premier Transportation Expo
2013 Transportation Refresher