The Continuing Fight
for Essential Funding
 

For more than two decades, Transportation California has spearheaded efforts to protect and enhance funding for transportation infrastructure in the Golden State. Marshalling the resources of the construction industry, key labor organizations and the business community, Transportation California has established itself as the authoritative voice on transportation issues and the driving force behind key measures to promote infrastructure investment.   

Despite the many successes of Transportation California and its allies over the past two decades, investment in transportation infrastructure falls woefully short of meeting basic needs to serve the State's growing population and dynamic economy. Small incremental gains will not do the job. Substantial new revenue streams must be put in place and sequestered from the annual fiscal turmoil that plagues California's budget process.
 
Read about The Challenge Ahead
- The challenge of bringing user fees up to the level where they can support rehabilitatoin of the state's crumbling transportation Infrastructure.  Read more.
 
Transportation spending about to plunge 
- This chart shows the magnitude of the funding problem that will slam transportation programs (and programming) in the 2013-14 fiscal year.  Click for chart.
 
Transportation backlog is now $500 billion
The California Transportation Commission estimates that it will take more than $500 billion through 2020 to maintain the state's surface transportation network. The state doesn't have half that money. Read more about this growing problem 

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- Latest Transportation News -

Invitation to hear new directions and plans
from new Caltrans and BTH acting secretary at CIB Summit.

LaHood urges legislature to move on high-speed rail
Not everyone liked the warning (here
)

Federal transportation bill goes to conference committee (update) 

Transportation policy needs push to get moving
The tradition of broad bipartisan support for investments in surface transportation has largely broken down. We must get that back.

It's time to raise
California's gas tax

George Skelton outlines the 3 main reasons why CA has not been rapidly rebuilding its infrastructure.
 

 

 


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