Infrastructure and Transportation Update - May 2024

President and Administration

On Monday (5/13), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced $1.7 million in research funding for a Climate Change and Transportation Research Center at the University of California, Davis…

In May, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced over $63 million in grants from the Infrastructure Law for the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program…

City governments are adopting electric vehicles faster than individual car buyers…

As part of its ambitious goals to slash emissions and achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, California is pushing an array of first-in-the-nation policies to go electric…

A new study found that replacing a seven year-old diesel school bus with electric would result in $84,200 in health and climate benefits…

California

Last month Oakland became the first school district nationwide to have a fully electric fleet of school buses…

In a fast-changing natural world, there are some things California fire officials can reliably count on…

California’s already high gas prices could see an additional spike of almost 50 cents a gallon tucked inside a little-known draft report…