Improving regional transportation a key element of Tom Lantos' congressional agenda - funding for Bay Area roads, bridges and highways, as well as assuring that public transportation is available and convenient. In particular he has been instrumental in securing federal funding for BART, SamTrans, and public transportation in San Francisco. Key priorities include a tunnel to bypass the Devil's Slide section of the Coast Highway (Route 1).
The following newspaper articles deal with Tom's activities and views on transportation issues:
- Celebration of the Beginning of Tunnel Construction at Devil's Slide, Report of Sebastian Kunz, YouTube Video, September 17, 2007
- Grant money to fund airport runway and lighting improvements, The Examiner, September 6, 2006 (excerpts)
- SamTrans to get fed money for fare collection, San Mateo Daily Journal, August 15, 2006
- Lantos Provides Nearly $800,000 for San Francisco's Glen Park, Press Release, August 10, 2006
- VIPs gather for re-opening of Devil's Slide, Half Moon Bay Review, August 3, 2006 (excerpts)
- Lantos "Delighted" at Devil's Slide Repair Progress - Reopening set for August 4, Press Release, July 20, 2006
- FAA releases funds for Half Moon Bay Airport work, Half Moon Bay Review, July 12, 2006 (excerpts)
- Local Briefs: Half Moon Bay receives $1.5 million federal grant, San Mateo Daily News, July 8, 2006
- Ferry project gets funding from feds: Construction likely to start on new terminal by 2008, San Mateo Daily News, July 9, 2006 (excerpts)
- Funding Approved for BART SFO Extension, Bay City News Service, June 19, 2006 (excerpts)
- Work begins to turn El Camino Real into a 'Grand Boulevard': Improvements Planned from San Jose to Daly City, San Jose Mercury News, April 22, 2006 (excerpts)
- Businesses suffer from Devils Slide closure [Lantos seeks to use Katrina aid legislation to help local businesses], abc7news.com (San Francisco), April 19, 2006 (excerpts)
- Devil's Slide Tunnels project moving along; $35 million bridge work begins next month, Pacifica Tribune, March 1, 2006 (excerpts)
- Lantos assures less rail hazard, San Mateo Daily Journal, February 23, 2006
- SFO receives grant for aircraft noise abatement, Bay City News Service, February 15, 2006, SanFrancsicoSentinental.com (excerpts)
- Lantos: Congressional spending battle 'ugly', San Mateo Daily Journal, December 21, 2005
- Airport $2 million grant for runway upgrades, San Francisco Chronicle, August 6, 2005
- TRANSIT WINDFALL - Improved train service, better roads, a stronger Golden Gate Bridge -- Congress approves a transportation bill, and the Bay Area scores big, San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2005
- Lantos Secures $17 Million in Federal Funds for Major Local Projects in Long-Awaited Transportation Bill, Press Release, July 29, 2005
- Transit agencies get grant to improve rail security - 5 systems to split $7.1 million on efforts to thwart terrorism, San Francisco Chronicle, July 20, 2005
- Democrats call for increased transit security - Bush officials say they assess all risks in anti-terror effort, San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 2005
- Bay transit on alert - Security tightened, but experts worry bigger and deadlier attacks are inevitable, San Francisco Chronicle, July 8, 2005
- Can they be stopped? At home and abroad, experts worry that bigger, deadlier attacks are inevitable, San Francisco Chronicle, July 8, 2005
- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO: U.S. funds boost plan for ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2005
- At last, green light for Devil's Slide tunnel; Funds on the way for long-sought route to bypass notorious section of Highway 1, San Francisco Chronicle, March 11, 2005