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The 138 projects will receive $214 million from Proposition 1B, the 2006 voter-approved transportation bond, which includes $3.6 billion to improve public transit in California, according to a Monday report from Caltrans.
“These projects are a direct investment in our state's public transit system and will help energize California’s economy,” said acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. “Not only will these projects help create jobs, they will also reduce traffic congestion, protect the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and provide Californians an alternative to rising gas prices.”
Among the funded project is Lake Transit Authority's purchase of five replacement buses. The agency will receive $309,288 for the purchases.
Agencies in Lake's neighboring counties also are receiving funding, including the Napa County Transportation Agency, which is receiving $178,992 for bus stop improvements and $210,300 for paratransit vehicle replacement.
The city of Santa Rosa will receive $575,153 for a hybrid bus purchase and $798,260 goes to Sonoma County Transit to buy a 40-foot bus.
In Yolo County, the city of Davis will receive $104,295 for replacement of double deck buses and the Yolo County Transit District gets $1.4 million for administration, operations and other facility improvements.
Other notable projects around the state include $29.5 million to the San Fernando Valley Extension North/South Bus Rapid Transit to build a four-mile expansion on the existing Orange Bus Rapid Transit Line; $61.6 million to Los Angeles Mid-City/Exposition Light Rail Project, an 8.5 mile corridor project, which will be the first to connect downtown Los Angeles with the Westside and Culver City; $20.2 million to San Francisco's Central Subway, a north-south rail/transit axis connecting to the BART/Muni Metro subway; $15.7 million to purchase 29 new light rail vehicles, which will
increase rider capacity and improve transit service throughout San Diego; and $18.7 million for Orange County's Metrolink Service Grade Crossing Improvements and Track Expansion Improvement Project which will open up track capacity and improve safety for services in both directions between Fullerton and Laguna Niguel/ Mission Viejo train stations.
For a comprehensive list of all projects that received funding, visit www.dot.ca.gov/docs/Prop1BTransitProjectsOctober2011.pdf or see below.
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