I want the California Public Utility Code Section 523 which was so titled to prove the money from the Federal Highway Administration had been accepted-received by the California State Legislature in accordance with Chapter 13 of the Federal Highway Commission.

In 2001-2002 Mean Date War Game activity,. the then U.S. Attorney General signed the State Public Utility Code 523 Statute page which was bound into the California State Public Utility Codes as well as the legislature as compliance.

The present legislative authority admits each session to being a War Game entity.

I am requesting the name(s) of the Certified enforcing agency with the administrative names of the U.S. Congress and State Legislature
and local legislature be given to me. Please send to 245 So. Lucas Avenue, No. 215, Los Angeles, California 90026. Also, copy to my e-mail. Thank you.

Dorothy Woodson

In Oregon, all revenue from the state gas tax and vehicle registration fees (state and local) are constitutionally restricted for use in road construction and maintenance, and cannot be used for transit operations funding or capital investments. Add on top of the lack of a statewide sales tax, and the cost of transit falls almost entirely on local funding sources.

Changing state DOT funding priorities is an important step, but in many states including Oregon, the first step involves the heavy lift of changing the state constitution to allow for the creation of 21st century multi-modal transportation systems.

…. of course I can’t find a reference now. Something like 40 % of the police budget in urban areas goes to traffic control etc. In suburban and rural areas it flirts with 60% and sometimes goes as high as 75%.

Also, the detachment of user fees in highway and road funding completely negates the argument by some conservative politicians that transit operating subsidies make it “fiscally irresponsible” to invest in new infrastructure. Their beloved highways are subsidized by general funds even more than most transit systems.

The bottom line is that all transportation in this country is heavily subsidized by the government, distorting economic incentives for consumers. This is true of air, long distance rail, highways and transit. People would be shocked if they could see the true costs of getting around as much as we do in America, no matter the mode choice.

My American bank always sends me statements that show not the balance on my credit card, but rather tha unused credit that remains under my limit. They clearly want me to think of that as money I have in the bank.

As we can see, too many people, and governments, have fallen for that illusion.

The cost of the roads themselves are certainly less than half of the external costs of driving, so allowing over half of the user fees to go to roadworks is clearly subsidizing drivers.

I’m not surprised, however, that there’s no attention to scaling back the federal program and handing the rest back to the states. Congress, of course, likes the influence that it gets from controlling a vast expenditure program, and environmentalists like having a place to turn to when states don’t do what they want.