#transportation-funding

#transportation-funding

The Oregon Department of Transportation faces severe financial issues due to the legislature's failure to pass a transportation funding package, resulting in job cuts and service reductions.

The concept of regional block grants emphasizes greater local funding, which can lead to enhanced regional collaboration on infrastructure projects, benefiting community needs.

The current plan for a $12.75 billion BART extension faces uncertainties including cost overruns, delayed completion until 2037, and potential loss of federal funding.

The gasoline excise tax in California increased from 59.6 cents to 61.2 cents per gallon on July 1, as part of Senate Bill 1.

"Additionally, with the projected sea level rise, most of the existing SR 37 will likely become permanently inundated by the mid-century and even as early as by 2040, thus cutting off a major regional transportation route."

The Active Transportation Program is the victim of its own success, continuously oversubscribed. Yet the governor and some of our lawmakers fail to recognize its value.

Federal Railroad Administration's Drew Feeley stated that California High-Speed Rail Authority has misled taxpayers, effectively conned them out of $4 billion due to mismanagement.