U.S. Senate Approves Transportation Spending Bill
October 6, 2000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today approved the conference report for the Transportation Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2001. The $59.7 billion measure contains a number of new and existing projects in California.

The bill also was approved by the House today and will now be sent to the President for final approval.

“This bill demonstrates a strong commitment to mass transit and highway improvement projects that will help ease traffic congestion throughout California,” Senator Feinstein said. “It also provides important funding for a new radar system for the Palm Springs Airport, which is urgently needed.”

Senator Feinstein, a member of the Senate Appropriations committee, announced funding levels for the following California projects in the legislation:

NEW STARTS
BART/SFO $80 million
Los Angeles MTA Red Line $50 million
Los Angeles Mid-City/Eastside Lines $2 million
Santa Clara Tasman Corridor $12.25 million
Sacramento South Line Light Rail $35.2 million
Altamont Commuter Express $6 million
San Diego Mission Valley East $31.5 million
Orange County Transitway $2 million
Oceanside-Escondido $10 million
Metrolink $1 million
Total/New Starts $229.95 million
Bus and Bus Facilities
AC Transit zero-emissions fuel cell
bus deployment demonstration project $1 million
Alameda Contra Costs Transit District,
buses and bus facilities $500,000
Anaheim, Buses and Bus facilities $250,000
Brea, buses $150,000
Calabassas, buses $500,000
Contra Costa Transit Authority
(County Connection), buses $500,000
City of Livermore, park and ride facilities $500,000
Commerce, buses $1 million
Compton, buses and bus-related equipment $250,000
Culver City, buses $750,000
Davis, buses $1 million
El Dorado, buses $500,000
El Segundo, Douglas Street gap closure
and intermodal facility $2.1 million
Folsom, transit stations $1.5 million
Foothill Transit, buses and bus facilities $2.5 million
Fresno intermodal facilities $500,000
Humboldt County, buses and bus facilities $500,000
Los Angeles County MTA, buses $4.5 million
Marin County, bus facilities $910,000
Modesto, bus facility $250,000
Monrovia, electric shuttles $580,000
Monterey Salinas Transit Authority,
buses and facilities $500,000
Municipal Transit Operators Coalition, buses $2 million
Oceanside, intermodal facility $2 million
Placer County, buses and bus facilities $500,000
Playa Vista, Shuttle buses and bus-related
equipment and facilities $3 million
Redlands, trolley project $800,000
Rialto, intermodal facility $550,000
Riverside County, buses $500,000
Sacramento, buses and bus facilities $1 million
San Bernardino, intermodal facility $1.6 million
San Bernardino, train station $600,000
San Diego, East Village station improvement plan $1 million
San Francisco, MUNI buses and bus facilities $2 million
Santa Barbara County, mini-buses $240,000
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, buses $500,000
Santa Clarita, maintenance facility $2 million
Santa Cruz, buses and bus facilities $1.55 million
Sonoma County, buses and bus facilities $1 million
Sunline Transit Agency, buses $1 million
Temecula, bus shelters $200,000
Vista, bus center $300,000
Total/Bus and Bus Facilities $42.580 million

Other projects:

• $6.5 million for the Santa Clara Bridge, Oxnard
• $500,000 for the Oaklawn Bridge
• $2.5 million for the Kelso Depot
• $35 million for the extension of Highway 180 from Mendota to the I-5 in Fresno
• $1.5 million to continue implementation of the Alameda Corridor East Gateway
• $1 million for the Baylink/Vallejo ferry
• $1 million for the Treasure Island ferry
• $4 million for the replacement of the Palm Springs Airport radar
• $46,000,000 for traffic mitigation and other improvements to existing SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena and El Sereno