Twelve percent would be allocated to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and the North County Transit District for operations and maintenance, including: Expanding electric vehicle charging stations and electric buses.Highway maintenance and other projects on state routes 56, 76, 78, 94 and 125, and interstates 5, 8, 15 and 805.Fire evacuation routes on state Route 67 and other roads in fire-prone areas.Twenty seven percent would be spent on projects related to road and highway traffic, including: Road and highway grade separations, pedestrian safety, active transportation, as well as stormwater and habitat preservation projects.Beefing up transit connections between population centers and job centers, such as Mission Valley, Sorrento Valley, La Mesa, Escondido, South County and the border.Upgrades for express service on South County rail lines.Building a rail extension from South County to Kearny Mesa.Building a rail connector to the San Diego International Airport.Efforts to protect the train tracks along Interstate 5 from coastal erosion.Half of the money would be used for capital projects related to transit, including: San Diego County Improvement Measure for Traffic Relief, Infrastructure and Safety Fund Here is a breakdown of the funding priorities outlined in the ballot proposal.

The tax increase would be permanent unless San Diegans voted at some point to repeal it. The group recently launched a campaign website at. Other supporters of the tax initiative include the San Diego Union Carpenters Local 619, LiUNA Local 89 and San Diego Building and Constructions Trades Council, as well as the Environmental Health Coalition and Climate Action Campaign. “San Diegans aren’t interested in a mileage tax, and neither are we.”

“This is absolutely not related to the vehicle-mileage tax,” she said.

Newsom said the ballot proposal she’s spearheading has nothing to do with these so-called road charges. California launched a road charge pilot in 2015 at the direction of the state legislature, and Utah and Oregon have already started experimenting with such fees. The long-range planning agency recently faced backlash over a proposal to collect per-mile fees from drivers starting in 2030.

However, the agency would be bound by the language in the ballot proposal. SANDAG’s 21-member board of directors comprised of elected officials from around the region would be in charge of administering the new funding.

Half life on a rail