California
GOP transportation bill could boost funds for L.A. transit system
July 8, 2011
World & Nation
With its emphasis on state and local funding, the Bush Administration has begun what is certain to be a contentious debate over the appropriate federal role in maintaining the nation’s transportation structures, congressional leaders and transportation industry officials said Thursday.
March 9, 1990
With its emphasis on state and local funding, the Bush Administration has initiated what is certain to be a contentious debate over the appropriate federal role in maintaining the nation’s transportation structures, congressional leaders and transportation industry officials said Thursday.
Less than a year after voters approved a gasoline tax hike to finance a mammoth road and rail-building program, transportation officials are warning that funding for many projects--including highway work planned in Orange County--is being eroded by the demands of high-cost earthquake-safety work.
April 25, 1991
In a move already engendering criticism from local governments, two state senators proposed legislation Monday that would empower a new regional agency to develop and enforce a transportation plan for a six-county area encompassing Orange County and the Los Angeles Basin.
Jan. 30, 1990
The federal Department of Transportation awarded $100,000 to Cal State Los Angeles last week for an 18-month program to increase the number of minority students in the transportation field.
June 5, 1994
The nation’s battered construction industry is celebrating the arrival of an early Christmas present: the new $151-billion federal highway construction and mass transit program.
Dec. 17, 1991
Varsity Times Insider
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March 25, 2010
Pending final approval by a federal appropriations committee, three Los Angeles high schools will share a $4-million grant as part of an education project of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Sept. 22, 1993
Southland stands to lose more than $700 million if Prop. 42 mandates are suspended for third year in a row. The state would pay it back over 15 years.
Jan. 15, 2005