From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:railroad Newsgroups: fa.railroad Title: Calif. Transportation Commission favors highways. Article-I.D.: ucb.1432 Posted: Sun Jun 27 11:57:32 1982 Received: Tue Jun 29 06:54:30 1982 >From MSM@MIT-ML Sun Jun 27 11:57:20 1982 MSM@MIT-ML 06/27/82 14:29:43 Re: Calif. Transportation Commission favors highways. To: railroad at MIT-MC >From the San Francisco Chronicle of 26 June '82: PANEL FAVORS ROADS OVER BUSSES, TRAINS Sacramento A five-year capital spending program for transportation in California, oriented toward highways rather than mass transit, was approved yesterday by the State Transportation COmmission. It was a defeat for Governor Brown's transportation director, Adriana Gianturco, who had recommended more emphasis on bicycles, buses and trains, and less on highways. The plan calls for a capital outlay of $4.96 Billion, with $4.35 billion allocated to highways, $592 million to mass transit, and $14 million for aeronautics. The largest single highway project affected by the decision is the $1 billion Century Freeway in Los Angeles, the last major link in California's interstate highway network. Adoption of a State Transportation Improvement Program is an annual task of the commission. The document projects spending for transportation projects in California for the next five years. This year's five-year projection has been watched closely because it is the first dealing with the more than $2 billion expected in new revenues generated by an increase in gasoline taxes next year. [United Press] ------