CA Senate Transportation Vice-Chair Says Active Transportation Projects Increase Emissions
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Spoiler alert: They don't
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Gas Tax
Broad Coalition Rallies Against Proposition 6
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At today's rally, electeds, cities, business and labor all are urging No on Prop 6
Guest Editorial: A Fair Road Tax
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Editor’s note: Earlier this week, the L.A. Times published an article by usually no-nonsense columnist George Skelton, who, after being “tortured” by a road closure for a triathlon, called for California cyclists to pay a registration fee to support road infrastructure. Skelton asserted that “[cyclists] have been freeloading off motorists who pay gas taxes.” Numerous analyses […]
Eyes on the Street: Metro’s Stand Up 4 Transportation Rally
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As today’s Streetsblog USA post related, transit supporters across the U.S. are hosting events today to “Stand Up 4 Transportation.” Metro hosted its rally this morning at Patasaouras Plaza at L.A. Union Station. The event featured Los Angeles Congressional representatives Judy Chu and Maxine Waters, and a host of L.A.’s labor, business, and transportation leaders, all calling on congress to […]
Is Usage-Based Auto Insurance The Gas Tax You’ve Been Waiting For?
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Why do people eat so much at buffets? Once they’ve paid to enter, there’s no cost to eating as much as they can – aside from, well, feeling tired and sick. Owning a car is like buying a 24-hour pass to a Vegas buffet. Every single day. We drive so much because once we’ve shelled […]
New Report Tells CA How to Get More Bang for its Transportation Bucks
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A new report [PDF] offers suggestions for ways that California could better spend the roughly $28 billion it invests in transportation every year, both to be more cost-effective and to better align with the state’s environmental goals. Authored by researchers at the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative, a partnership between the law schools at […]