Sacramento, La Quinta and San Luis Obispo are among the cities that have been awarded gas tax dollars to create protected bike lanes by eliminating or reducing the size of lanes used by motor vehicles. That project, funded before SB 1 was approved, was part of a larger plan that eliminated some nine miles of Westside traffic lanes in Mar Vista and Playa del Rey. She and her husband are paying more than $4 a gallon for gas at her local service station, she said, a price that has been increased by the state gas tax. State officials who oversee the spending of gas tax money say public safety was a key priority of SB 1 when it was debated and approved by the Legislature in April 2017. The bill raised the state gas tax by 12 cents a gallon that year and provides a 5.6-cent increase this July 1.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 27, 2019 12:10 UTC