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The State Wants You to Drive Less...How?

Proposed state legislation will strip funding from highway projects that Sacramento believes will “induce congestion” and instead funnel funds to buses, passenger trains, and cycling/walking paths.

State agencies are making it difficult to construct traffic relief projects. This means more time sitting in congestion. It's time to make your voices heard!

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The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), which sets state transportation priorities, developed the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) in 2021 to limit state funding for highway and roadway projects. The State’s plan is to get you onto trains, buses, and bicycles, but how? Do you have access to a bus and train to get around daily? Will the state invest the billions upon billions of dollars that it would take for you to have those options in Riverside County?

Today, CalSTA is considering CAPTI updates to make it even more difficult for your tax dollars to come back to your community. Many of the projects you want will not be eligible for state funding. If they get their way, our traffic will only get worse.

The State wants your opinion on their transportation policies and funding priorities. Read the information below and share how this will impact you.

CAPTI

These actions are well-intentioned, but when it comes down to details, the consequences will be:

     • Delays or cancellation to long-planned road projects that voters support
     • The cost of transportation improvements could double
     • Fewer improvements get built
     • Inadequate funding for public transportation alternatives
     • Traffic gets worse

How will you get to work? School? Medical appointments?

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* Click button to send an email to CalSTA. Sample email included.

Public Comments from Leaders Across Riverside County

“We ask for CAPTI options that help our residents, not siphon away their gas tax dollars for projects that would otherwise meaningfully improve their lives.”

Aaron Hake
RCTC Executive Director

“Working families in our inland region, many of whom lack access to reliable alternatives to driving, are deserving of more state resources to facilitate their transportation needs.”

Sabrina Cervantes
Senator, Senate District 31

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Restricting highway and roadway improvements for the 900,000 Riverside County workers will make their commute longer.

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Building roadways is an integral part of a comprehensive transportation system.

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An interconnected public transportation system will cost billions of dollars and several decades to build, Riverside County needs solutions now.

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Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, District 1

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Western Riverside County
Council of Governments (WRCOG)

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City of Indio

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City of Lake Elsinore

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City of Moreno Valley

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City of Palm Desert

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Take Action!Riverside County has more than $30 billion in transportation needs across all modes, including highways, public transportation, active transportation, regional corridors, and local roads. With more than 1 million workers traveling to work each day, Riverside County needs more solutions to ease traffic, not less. Remind the State of our unique transportation needs here by emailing CalSTA.

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Take Action!Riverside County has more than $30 billion in transportation needs across all modes, including highways, public transportation, active transportation, regional corridors, and local roads. With more than 1 million workers traveling to work each day, Riverside County needs more solutions to ease traffic, not less. Remind the State of our unique transportation needs here by writing a letter, emailing CalSTA, or posting on social media using our templates below.

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Slide
The State Wants You to Drive Less...How?

Proposed state legislation will strip funding from highway projects that Sacramento believes will “induce congestion” and instead funnel funds to buses, passenger trains, and cycling/walking paths.

State agencies are making it difficult to construct traffic relief projects. This means more time sitting in congestion. It's time to make your voices heard!

*Click button to send an email to CalSTA. Sample email included

The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), which sets state transportation priorities, developed the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) in 2021 to limit state funding for highway and roadway projects. The State’s plan is to get you onto trains, buses, and bicycles, but how? Do you have access to a bus and train to get around daily? Will the state invest the billions upon billions of dollars that it would take for you to have those options in Riverside County?

Today, CalSTA is considering CAPTI updates to make it even more difficult for your tax dollars to come back to your community. Many of the projects you want will not be eligible for state funding. If they get their way, our traffic will only get worse.

The State wants your opinion on their transportation policies and funding priorities. Read the information below and share how this will impact you.

These actions are well-intentioned, but when it comes down to details, the consequences will be:     • Delays or cancellation to long-planned road projects that voters support     • The cost of transportation improvements could double     • Fewer improvements get built     • Inadequate funding for public transportation alternatives     • Traffic gets worseHow will you get to work? School? Medical appointments?

Public Comments from Leaders Across Riverside County

“We ask for CAPTI options that help our residents, not siphon away their gas tax dollars for projects that would otherwise meaningfully improve their lives.”

Aaron Hake
RCTC Executive Director

“Working families in our inland region, many of whom lack access to reliable alternatives to driving, are deserving of more state resources to facilitate their transportation needs.”

Sabrina Cervantes
Senator, Senate District 31

Comment Letters

Western Riverside County
Council of Governments (WRCOG)

READ LETTER

Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, District 1

READ LETTER

City of Indio

READ LETTER

City of Lake Elsinore

READ LETTER

City of Moreno Valley

READ LETTER

City of Palm Desert

READ LETTER

Take Action!

Riverside County has more than $30 billion in transportation needs across all modes, including highways, public transportation, active transportation, regional corridors, and local roads. With more than 1 million workers traveling to work each day, Riverside County needs more solutions to ease traffic, not less. Remind the State of our unique transportation needs here by emailing CalSTA.

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