The California Transportation Commission (CTC) recently allocated roughly $540M in transportation investments to improve travel times, shore up aging bridges and freight infrastructure, and add new layers of safety around schools and community centers.

Guided by the state’s “Build More, Faster – For All” initiative, this funding also supports investment into alternative-fuel transit options.

“The support made possible by these forward-thinking investments will help Caltrans increase sustainability, maintain safer and more connected bridges and roadways and bolsters our efforts to counter the effects of extreme weather on critical transportation assets.” noted Caltrans Director Dina El-Tawansy in a statement.

The single largest proposal funded by this allocation is a $117.8M project to replace the fender system on the West Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, plus another $53M to complete a communication-based train control system for San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit or BART system. An additional $70M is addressing weather-related highway repairs statewide and $6.7M will create a pedestrian priority area with new sidewalks in downtown Long Beach.

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