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.
"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.
The user-pay principle underscores the expectation that road users directly fund the transportation system through taxes, but local governments are not seeing a fair return on their contributions.
