10 projects that are moving forward because of the money spared from Prop. 6
1. Marin-Sonoma: $6.1 million to widen striping along Highway 101 from the Sonoma/Mendocino counties line to the San Francisco County line. Currently under construction.
2. Muni repairs: $9.5 million for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to address its maintenance backlog for buses, street cars and light rail.
3. San Francisco bridges: $1 million to revamp four bridges on Highway 101 in San Francisco. Under construction.
4. Alameda-Contra Costa counties traffic management: $40.4 million to install ramp meters, ramp carpool bypass lanes and traffic operation systems along Interstate 680 from Scott Creek Road in Fremont to Alcosta Boulevard in San Ramon.
5. Longer electrified Caltrains: $164.5 million to expand new electric trains to seven cars, provide Wi-Fi onboard and increase bicycle parking at stations.
6. San Francisco roads: $23 million to repave 39 miles of road across the city.
7. Oakland potholes: $7 million to hire 20 street maintenance workers, who will help repave 20 miles of potholed streets.
8. BART to Silicon Valley: $730 million to extend train service into San Jose and Santa Clara.
9. East Oakland Bus Rapid Transit: $15 million (pending approval) for AC Transit buses to zip along a 9.5-mile strip of International Boulevard, from Uptown Oakland to the San Leandro border.
10. Butte County communication cable: $11.6 million to install 9.4 miles of cable for a system that supplies transportation updates to travelers on Highway 99 from Estates Drive to Garner Lane near Chico.