Friedman Derails Bullet Train Budget
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Over $4 billion in voter-approved funds to complete first 171-mile segment in limbo
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SPUR Talk: Uber Tax and Election Analysis
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Analyst is confident that even if the Uber tax fails, the idea of taxing Uber and Lyft is not going away
SPUR Talk: The Future of Rail in Northern California
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More trains, more frequency, more speed coming to California
Legislative Update: CalBike Agenda for 2016
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The California Bicycle Coalition, aka CalBike, continues to push for increasing funding for the Active Transportation Program, which currently receives $120 million per year. The bike coalition wants the state to add $100 million to the program, which sounds like a lot but is roughly one percent of the total transportation budget—even though bike and […]
Falling Gas Tax Revenue Leads to Slash in State Transportation Money
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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 […]