SB1 Economic Impact on California Valued at $183 billion over 10 years
Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, makes a historic investment in California’s transportation infrastructure. Realizing that the benefits of SB1 extend far beyond the $5.4 billion annual investment in our state’s roads, bridges, and public transit, the California Alliance for Jobs, California Transit Association, and Transportation California commissioned an economic […]
If Republicans have their way, California highways stand to lose big under Trump’s infrastructure plan
President Trump’s infrastructure proposal isn’t worth much. And what it is worth for California, the state’s Republican delegation in Congress is trying to destroy. That’s the irony. More precisely, it’s cynical politics outweighing needed public works. This is what I mean: Under Trump’s plan, the federal government would pay for 20% of a major infrastructure […]
SB1 has Fast-Tracked Road Repair Projects throughout California
Three months after the state began collecting an extra 12 cents per gallon in gas taxes, officials have put dozens of road and bridge repair projects on the fast track. With momentum growing for a Republican-led campaign to repeal the gas tax hike, nervous proponents of the higher charges are hoping the flurry of construction […]